diff --git a/bison.spec b/bison.spec
index f921b1f..11b1337 100644
--- a/bison.spec
+++ b/bison.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: A GNU general-purpose parser generator
 Name: bison
 Version: 2.5
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 3%{?dist}
 License: GPLv3+
 Group: Development/Tools
 Source: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/bison/bison-%{version}.tar.bz2
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ BuildRequires: autoconf
 
 URL: http://www.gnu.org/software/bison/
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-root
-BuildRequires: m4 >= 1.4 java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel
+BuildRequires: m4 >= 1.4 java-1.7.0-openjdk-devel
 Requires: m4 >= 1.4
 Requires(post): /sbin/install-info
 Requires(preun): /sbin/install-info
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ fi
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Apr 17 2012 Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com> - 2.5-2
+- swap java-openjdk-1.6.0 for 1.7.0 in buildrequirements
+
 * Thu Jan 12 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 2.5-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_17_Mass_Rebuild