diff --git a/app-emulation/virtualbox/virtualbox-6.1.20.ebuild b/app-emulation/virtualbox/virtualbox-6.1.20.ebuild
index 53cbfdb3f6e3a..6af250ffce5c7 100644
--- a/app-emulation/virtualbox/virtualbox-6.1.20.ebuild
+++ b/app-emulation/virtualbox/virtualbox-6.1.20.ebuild
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ BDEPEND="
 		dev-texlive/texlive-fontsrecommended
 		dev-texlive/texlive-fontsextra
 	)
-	java? ( >=virtual/jdk-1.6 )
+	java? ( >=virtual/jdk-1.8 )
 "
 RDEPEND="
 	${CDEPEND}