diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4397012b84ed..7edfea359dbb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10352,7 +10352,10 @@ in
   clisp = callPackage ../development/interpreters/clisp { };
   clisp-tip = callPackage ../development/interpreters/clisp/hg.nix { };
 
-  clojure = callPackage ../development/interpreters/clojure { };
+  clojure = callPackage ../development/interpreters/clojure {
+    # set this to an LTS version of java
+    jdk = jdk11;
+  };
 
   clojure-lsp = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/clojure-lsp { };