diff --git a/.copr/Makefile b/.copr/Makefile
index 8cb809a..073e537 100644
--- a/.copr/Makefile
+++ b/.copr/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ installdeps:
 		jackson-annotations \
 		jackson-core \
 		jackson-databind \
-		java-11-openjdk-devel \
+		java-21-openjdk-devel \
 		javapackages-tools \
 		make \
 		maven-source-plugin \
diff --git a/vdsm-jsonrpc-java.spec.in b/vdsm-jsonrpc-java.spec.in
index 9a8066c..5ded8c1 100644
--- a/vdsm-jsonrpc-java.spec.in
+++ b/vdsm-jsonrpc-java.spec.in
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ This package contains the API documentation for %{name}.
 # No need for maven-javadoc-plugin in RHEL8+, xmvn will take care of it.
 %pom_remove_plugin :maven-javadoc-plugin client/pom.xml.in
 
+# No need for central-publishing-maven-plugin, this is only used for deployments.
+%pom_remove_plugin org.sonatype.central:central-publishing-maven-plugin pom.xml.in
+
 %build
 %configure