diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bazel/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bazel/package.py
index b981fe409bd2f654e90a1361cc78fa1cd714342b..da3b2ce365f52efea80a355e19aa9f85004560a6 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bazel/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bazel/package.py
@@ -87,7 +87,10 @@ class Bazel(Package):
     version('0.3.0',  sha256='357fd8bdf86034b93902616f0844bd52e9304cccca22971ab7007588bf9d5fb3')
 
     # https://docs.bazel.build/versions/master/install-compile-source.html#bootstrap-bazel
-    depends_on('java@8', type=('build', 'run'))
+    # Until https://github.com/spack/spack/issues/14058 is fixed, use jdk to build bazel
+    # Strict dependency on java@8 as per
+    # https://docs.bazel.build/versions/master/install-compile-source.html#bootstrap-unix-prereq
+    depends_on('jdk@1.8.0:1.8.999', type=('build', 'run'))
     depends_on('python', type=('build', 'run'))
 
     # Pass Spack environment variables to the build