diff --git a/templates/etc_default_elasticsearch b/templates/etc_default_elasticsearch
index 0030bfe10e58ded86e26959165f2329b83e848b4..ec9dde71ff0cc067fb2e49288e278ed95861b050 100644
--- a/templates/etc_default_elasticsearch
+++ b/templates/etc_default_elasticsearch
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #ES_HOME=/usr/share/elasticsearch
 
 # Elasticsearch Java path
-JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-{{ java_version }}-oracle/jre
+JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-{{ java_version }}-openjdk-amd64/bin/java
 
 # Elasticsearch configuration directory
 ES_PATH_CONF=/etc/elasticsearch