diff --git a/google-errorprone-annotations.changes b/google-errorprone-annotations.changes
index 802ab58..0b78d1f 100644
--- a/google-errorprone-annotations.changes
+++ b/google-errorprone-annotations.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Apr 29 14:50:29 UTC 2024 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
+
+- The binaries are compatible with java 1.8
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Apr 15 05:13:37 UTC 2024 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/google-errorprone-annotations.spec b/google-errorprone-annotations.spec
index 3b7883b..9c01fbe 100644
--- a/google-errorprone-annotations.spec
+++ b/google-errorprone-annotations.spec
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 %global source_name error-prone
 %global artifactId error_prone_annotations
 %global group_name google-errorprone
+# The automatic requires would be java-headless >= 9, but the
+# binaries are java 8 compatible
+%define __requires_exclude java-headless
 Name:           %{group_name}-annotations
 Version:        2.26.1
 Release:        0
@@ -32,6 +35,7 @@ BuildRequires:  ant
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  java-devel >= 9
 BuildRequires:  javapackages-local >= 6
+Requires:       java-headless >= 1.8
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
 %description