diff --git a/mysql-connector-java.spec b/mysql-connector-java.spec
index f26423a..a219f32 100644
--- a/mysql-connector-java.spec
+++ b/mysql-connector-java.spec
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 Summary:    Official JDBC driver for MySQL
 Name:       mysql-connector-java
 Version:    5.1.17
-Release:    3%{?dist}
+Release:    4%{?dist}
 Epoch:      1 
 
 # MySQL FLOSS Exception
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ BuildRequires:      jpackage-utils >= 1.6
 BuildRequires:      jta >= 1.0
 BuildRequires:      junit
 BuildRequires:      slf4j
-BuildRequires:      java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel
+BuildRequires:      java-devel >= 1:1.6.0
 BuildRequires:      java-1.5.0-gcj-devel
 BuildRequires:      jakarta-commons-logging
 
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jan 25 2012 Deepak Bhole <dbhole@redhat.com> - 1:5.1.17-4
+- Removed java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel requirement
+
 * Wed Jan 25 2012 Deepak Bhole <dbhole@redhat.com> - 1:5.1.17-3
 - Added patch to support build with JDBC 4.1/Java 7