diff --git a/src/deb/control/control b/src/deb/control/control
index d7026e6ee35..b36252816e8 100644
--- a/src/deb/control/control
+++ b/src/deb/control/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Package: elasticsearch
 Version: [[version]]
 Architecture: all
 Maintainer: Nicolas Huray <nicolas.huray@gmail.com>
-Depends: openjdk-6-jre-headless | sun-java6-jre
+Depends: openjdk-7-jre-headless | openjdk-6-jre-headless
 Section: web
 Priority: optional
 Homepage: http://www.elasticsearch.org/