diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/canu/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/canu/package.py
index 2ab5cd0084f09643510fa908fcec3da600d63ab6..09faac1e76d13a5ac81bfdc6816793c83150fcef 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/canu/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/canu/package.py
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@ class Canu(MakefilePackage):
     version('1.5', sha256='06e2c6d7b9f6d325b3b468e9c1a5de65e4689aed41154f2cee5ccd2cef0d5cf6')
 
     depends_on('gnuplot', type='run')
-    depends_on('jdk', type='run')
+    depends_on('java', type='run')
     depends_on('perl', type='run')
+    # build fail when using boost@1.71.0:1.73.0 by canu@1.8:2.0
+    depends_on('boost@:1.70.0')
 
     build_directory = 'src'
     build_targets = ['clean']