diff --git a/eclipse-jgit.spec b/eclipse-jgit.spec
index 9e3d834..c4aaa26 100644
--- a/eclipse-jgit.spec
+++ b/eclipse-jgit.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package eclipse-jgit
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2023 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
diff --git a/jgit.changes b/jgit.changes
index 8b45c10..59defda 100644
--- a/jgit.changes
+++ b/jgit.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Mar 27 08:18:14 UTC 2023 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
+
+- Require xz-java because the jgit script that we install is
+  expecting it to be present when composing the classpath
+  (bsc#1209646)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Nov 16 11:24:53 UTC 2022 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/jgit.spec b/jgit.spec
index 1653785..adde7f3 100644
--- a/jgit.spec
+++ b/jgit.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package jgit
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2023 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ BuildRequires:  mvn(org.osgi:osgi.core)
 BuildRequires:  mvn(org.slf4j:slf4j-api)
 BuildRequires:  mvn(org.slf4j:slf4j-simple)
 BuildRequires:  mvn(org.tukaani:xz)
+# This is only optional dependency of commons-compress,
+# But the jgit script needs that jar on classpath
+Requires:       xz-java
 Obsoletes:      %{name}-bootstrap
 BuildArch:      noarch