diff --git a/kex-core/src/main/kotlin/org/vorpal/research/kex/util/rt.kt b/kex-core/src/main/kotlin/org/vorpal/research/kex/util/rt.kt
index 2c9e936aa..53118f429 100644
--- a/kex-core/src/main/kotlin/org/vorpal/research/kex/util/rt.kt
+++ b/kex-core/src/main/kotlin/org/vorpal/research/kex/util/rt.kt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import org.vorpal.research.kthelper.assert.unreachable
 import org.vorpal.research.kthelper.logging.log
 import java.io.File
 import java.nio.file.Path
+import java.nio.file.Paths
 import kotlin.io.path.readLines
 
 val Config.outputDirectory: Path get() = getPathValue("kex", "outputDir")!!.normalize()
@@ -50,6 +51,12 @@ val Config.libPath: Path?
         runtimeDepsPath?.resolve(it)?.normalize()
     }
 
+fun getJDKPath(): Path {
+    return Paths.get(System.getProperty("java.home")).parent.toAbsolutePath()
+}
+
+fun getJavaPath(): Path = getJDKPath().resolve("bin", "java").toAbsolutePath()
+
 fun getRuntime(): Container? {
     if (!kexConfig.getBooleanValue("kex", "useJavaRuntime", true)) return null
     val libPath = kexConfig.libPath ?: return null
diff --git a/kex-executor/src/main/kotlin/org/vorpal/research/kex/worker/ExecutorMaster.kt b/kex-executor/src/main/kotlin/org/vorpal/research/kex/worker/ExecutorMaster.kt
index 893a1e281..821103fe6 100644
--- a/kex-executor/src/main/kotlin/org/vorpal/research/kex/worker/ExecutorMaster.kt
+++ b/kex-executor/src/main/kotlin/org/vorpal/research/kex/worker/ExecutorMaster.kt
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import org.vorpal.research.kex.trace.symbolic.protocol.ExecutionTimedOutResult
 import org.vorpal.research.kex.trace.symbolic.protocol.Master2ClientConnection
 import org.vorpal.research.kex.trace.symbolic.protocol.Master2WorkerConnection
 import org.vorpal.research.kex.trace.symbolic.protocol.MasterProtocolHandler
+import org.vorpal.research.kex.util.getJavaPath
 import org.vorpal.research.kex.util.getJvmModuleParams
 import org.vorpal.research.kex.util.getPathSeparator
 import org.vorpal.research.kex.util.newFixedThreadPoolContextWithMDC
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ class ExecutorMaster(
 
         private fun createProcess(): Process {
             val pb = ProcessBuilder(
-                "java",
+                getJavaPath().toString(),
                 *workerJvmParams,
                 "-Djava.security.manager",
                 "-Djava.security.policy==${executorPolicyPath}",
diff --git a/kex-runner/src/main/kotlin/org/vorpal/research/kex/trace/runner/SymbolicExternalTracingRunner.kt b/kex-runner/src/main/kotlin/org/vorpal/research/kex/trace/runner/SymbolicExternalTracingRunner.kt
index 48f253d6f..1cdbaf2b9 100644
--- a/kex-runner/src/main/kotlin/org/vorpal/research/kex/trace/runner/SymbolicExternalTracingRunner.kt
+++ b/kex-runner/src/main/kotlin/org/vorpal/research/kex/trace/runner/SymbolicExternalTracingRunner.kt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import org.vorpal.research.kex.trace.symbolic.protocol.ExecutionCompletedResult
 import org.vorpal.research.kex.trace.symbolic.protocol.ExecutionResult
 import org.vorpal.research.kex.trace.symbolic.protocol.ExecutionTimedOutResult
 import org.vorpal.research.kex.trace.symbolic.protocol.TestExecutionRequest
+import org.vorpal.research.kex.util.getJavaPath
 import org.vorpal.research.kex.util.getJvmModuleParams
 import org.vorpal.research.kex.util.getPathSeparator
 import org.vorpal.research.kex.util.outputDirectory
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ internal object ExecutorMasterController : AutoCloseable {
 
         val kfgClassPath = ctx.classPath
         val pb = ProcessBuilder(
-            "java",
+            getJavaPath().toString(),
             "-Djava.security.manager", "-Djava.security.policy==${executorPolicyPath}",
             "-Dlogback.statusListenerClass=ch.qos.logback.core.status.NopStatusListener",
             *getJvmModuleParams().toTypedArray(),