diff --git a/jna.changes b/jna.changes
index 7bf2184..1cec532 100644
--- a/jna.changes
+++ b/jna.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Apr 29 12:36:21 UTC 2024 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
+
+- The binaries are compatible with java 1.8
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Feb 21 13:35:16 UTC 2024 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/jna.spec b/jna.spec
index 92c1bb8..768113d 100644
--- a/jna.spec
+++ b/jna.spec
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
 #
 
 
+# The automatic requires would be java-headless >= 9, but the
+# binaries are java 8 compatible
+%define __requires_exclude java-headless
 Name:           jna
 Version:        5.13.0
 Release:        0
@@ -41,7 +44,7 @@ BuildRequires:  libXt-devel
 BuildRequires:  libffi-devel
 BuildRequires:  objectweb-asm
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
-Requires:       java >= 1.8
+Requires:       java-headless >= 1.8
 Provides:       jna-native = %{version}-%{release}
 Obsoletes:      jna-native < %{version}-%{release}
 Provides:       libjnidispatch = %{version}-%{release}
@@ -59,6 +62,7 @@ of use take priority.
 Summary:        Contrib for %{name}
 Group:          Development/Libraries/Java
 Requires:       %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
+Requires:       java-headless >= 1.8
 Provides:       jna-platform = %{version}-%{release}
 Obsoletes:      jna-platform < %{version}-%{release}
 BuildArch:      noarch