diff --git a/.pax/pre-packaging.sh b/.pax/pre-packaging.sh
index 201b9aac03..dd95ee81f5 100755
--- a/.pax/pre-packaging.sh
+++ b/.pax/pre-packaging.sh
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ BASE_DIR=$(
 
 # use node v18 to build
 export NODE_HOME=/ZOWE/node/node-v18.16.0
-export JAVA_HOME=/ZOWE/node/J17.0_64
+export JAVA_HOME=/ZOWE/node/J8.0_64
 export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
 ZOWE_ROOT_DIR="${BASE_DIR}/content"