diff --git a/.github/workflows/samples-jaxrs.yaml b/.github/workflows/samples-jaxrs.yaml
index 67158f26bed..82712ec3ebc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/samples-jaxrs.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/samples-jaxrs.yaml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-java@v5
         with:
           distribution: 'temurin'
-          java-version: 8
+          java-version: 11
       - name: Cache maven dependencies
         uses: actions/cache@v4
         env:
diff --git a/samples/server/petstore/jaxrs-spec-microprofile-openapi-annotations/.openapi-generator-ignore b/samples/server/petstore/jaxrs-spec-microprofile-openapi-annotations/.openapi-generator-ignore
index 7484ee590a3..5a9f4cf07bc 100644
--- a/samples/server/petstore/jaxrs-spec-microprofile-openapi-annotations/.openapi-generator-ignore
+++ b/samples/server/petstore/jaxrs-spec-microprofile-openapi-annotations/.openapi-generator-ignore
@@ -21,3 +21,7 @@
 #docs/*.md
 # Then explicitly reverse the ignore rule for a single file:
 #!docs/README.md
+#
+#
+#
+#