diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index acc5679a04..8456e8cad4 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  * Add keyspace and table name to exception message during ColumnSubselection deserialization (CASSANDRA-18346)
  * Remove unnecessary String.format invocation in QueryProcessor when getting a prepared statement from cache (CASSANDRA-17202)
 Merged from 3.0:
+ * Fix Requires for Java for RPM package (CASSANDRA-18751)
  * Fix CQLSH online help topic link (CASSANDRA-17534)
  * Remove unused suppressions (CASSANDRA-18724)
  * Upgrade OWASP to 8.3.1 (CASSANDRA-18650)
diff --git a/redhat/cassandra.spec b/redhat/cassandra.spec
index 213a791867..deb69e640d 100644
--- a/redhat/cassandra.spec
+++ b/redhat/cassandra.spec
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ BuildRoot:     %{_tmppath}/%{relname}root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires: ant >= 1.9
 BuildRequires: ant-junit >= 1.9
 
-Requires:      jre >= 1.8.0
+Requires:      java-1.8.0-headless
 Requires:      python(abi) >= 2.7
 Requires:      procps-ng >= 3.3
 Requires(pre): user(cassandra)