diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 82ed058..3c838aa 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ arch=(any)
 url='https://groovy-lang.org/'
 license=(Apache)
 makedepends=(gendesk)
-depends=(bash java-environment)
+depends=(bash java-environment'<21')
 optdepends=('groovy-docs: html and pdf documentation for Groovy')
 source=("https://groovy.jfrog.io/artifactory/dist-release-local/groovy-zips/apache-groovy-binary-$pkgver.zip")
 b2sums=('09cb5e269d8650126c40c688ef0f713682020d41647efe86abc5f644f79ae3983550c69101fa07c6df51c04ef25f5d8392c1a8160ef347014e77ba1b75072f6a')