diff --git a/snakeyaml.changes b/snakeyaml.changes
index efb4b9b..ffbb456 100644
--- a/snakeyaml.changes
+++ b/snakeyaml.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Apr 29 11:44:13 UTC 2024 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
+
+- The binaries are compatible with java 1.8
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Apr 16 13:55:05 UTC 2024 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/snakeyaml.spec b/snakeyaml.spec
index 2bffc47..65be045 100644
--- a/snakeyaml.spec
+++ b/snakeyaml.spec
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ BuildRequires:  apache-commons-codec
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  java-devel >= 9
 BuildRequires:  javapackages-local >= 6
+# The automatic requires would be java-headless >= 9, but the
+# binaries are java 8 compatible
+%define __requires_exclude java-headless
+Requires:       java-headless >= 1.8
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
 %description