diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven.yml b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
index 9626813b1..7578f607f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
@@ -29,5 +29,6 @@ jobs:
       jdk-distribution-matrix: '[ "temurin", "zulu", "microsoft", "liberica", "adopt-openj9" ]'
       matrix-exclude: '[
         { "jdk": "8", "distribution": "microsoft"},
-        { "jdk": "21", "distribution": "adopt-openj9"}
+        { "jdk": "8", "distribution": "temurin", "os": "macos-latest" },
+        { "jdk": "8", "distribution": "adopt-openj9", "os": "macos-latest" }
       ]'