diff -ru origsource/tabula/io.py source/tabula/io.py
--- origsource/tabula/io.py	2022-11-23 17:19:35.419837514 +0100
+++ source/tabula/io.py	2022-11-23 17:22:08.204194807 +0100
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
             )
         )
 
-    args = ["java"] + java_options + ["-jar", _jar_path()] + options.build_option_list()
+    args = ["@JAVA@"] + java_options + ["-jar", _jar_path()] + options.build_option_list()
     if path:
         args.append(path)
 
diff -ru origsource/tabula/util.py source/tabula/util.py
--- origsource/tabula/util.py	2022-11-23 17:19:35.422837521 +0100
+++ source/tabula/util.py	2022-11-23 17:21:41.514132392 +0100
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
     try:
         res = subprocess.check_output(
-            ["java", "-version"], stderr=subprocess.STDOUT
+            ["@JAVA@", "-version"], stderr=subprocess.STDOUT
         ).decode()
 
     except FileNotFoundError:
diff -ru origsource/tests/test_read_pdf_table.py source/tests/test_read_pdf_table.py
--- origsource/tests/test_read_pdf_table.py	2022-11-23 17:19:35.422837521 +0100
+++ source/tests/test_read_pdf_table.py	2022-11-23 17:21:22.008086776 +0100
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@
 
         tabula.read_pdf(self.pdf_path, encoding="utf-8")
 
-        target_args = ["java"]
+        target_args = ["@JAVA@"]
         if platform.system() == "Darwin":
             target_args += ["-Djava.awt.headless=true"]
         target_args += [
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@
 
         tabula.read_pdf(self.pdf_path, encoding="utf-8", silent=False)
 
-        target_args = ["java"]
+        target_args = ["@JAVA@"]
         if platform.system() == "Darwin":
             target_args += ["-Djava.awt.headless=true"]
         target_args += [
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@
 
         tabula.read_pdf(self.pdf_path, encoding="utf-8", silent=True)
 
-        target_args = ["java"]
+        target_args = ["@JAVA@"]
         if platform.system() == "Darwin":
             target_args += ["-Djava.awt.headless=true"]
         target_args += [