diff --git a/.github/workflows/mahout.yml b/.github/workflows/mahout.yml
index 4c70bf3ee..1053a97ab 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mahout.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mahout.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up JDK 1.8
       uses: actions/setup-java@v2
       with:
+        distribution: 'adopt'
         java-version: 1.8
 
     - name: Cache Maven packages
@@ -76,4 +77,4 @@ jobs:
         spark*/sbin/start-all.sh
 
     - name: Run tests with Spark
-      run: mvn test -pl $TEST_MODULES $PROFILES -Dtest.spark.master=spark://localhost:7077
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+      run: mvn test -pl $TEST_MODULES $PROFILES -Dtest.spark.master=spark://localhost:7077