diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/dataexplorer/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/dataexplorer/default.nix
index 9d06f614870a..5df312cd153b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/dataexplorer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/dataexplorer/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 , stdenv
 , fetchurl
 , jdk
-, jre
 , ant
 , makeWrapper
 }:
@@ -37,11 +36,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     # but it hardcodes bash shebang and does not pin the java path.
     # So we create our own wrapper, using similar cmdline args as upstream.
     mkdir -p $out/bin
-    makeWrapper ${jre}/bin/java $out/bin/DataExplorer \
+    makeWrapper ${jdk}/bin/java $out/bin/DataExplorer \
       --add-flags "-Xms64m -Xmx3092m -jar $out/share/DataExplorer/DataExplorer.jar" \
       --set SWT_GTK3 0
 
-    makeWrapper ${jre}/bin/java $out/bin/DevicePropertiesEditor \
+    makeWrapper ${jdk}/bin/java $out/bin/DevicePropertiesEditor \
       --add-flags "-Xms32m -Xmx512m -classpath $out/share/DataExplorer/DataExplorer.jar gde.ui.dialog.edit.DevicePropertiesEditor" \
       --set SWT_GTK3 0 \
       --set LIBOVERLAY_SCROLLBAR 0
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4469b008c135..98a28915096c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -36311,7 +36311,10 @@ with pkgs;
 
   csxcad = callPackage ../applications/science/electronics/csxcad { };
 
-  dataexplorer = callPackage ../applications/science/electronics/dataexplorer { };
+  dataexplorer = callPackage ../applications/science/electronics/dataexplorer {
+    # executable fails at startup for jdk > 17
+    jdk = jdk17;
+  };
 
   diylc = callPackage ../applications/science/electronics/diylc { };