diff --git a/plans/javapackages.fmf b/plans/javapackages.fmf
index 2ee4f4e..2d19254 100644
--- a/plans/javapackages.fmf
+++ b/plans/javapackages.fmf
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ discover:
     how: fmf
     url: https://pagure.io/javapackages-validator-tests
     # Do not execute any java-specific tests as this package contains no Java sources
-    filter: "tag: -java_specific"
+    exclude:
+      - /java_specific/
 execute:
     how: tmt
 environment: