diff --git a/aws_confluence_dc_node.yml b/aws_confluence_dc_node.yml
index 046657c..3823305 100644
--- a/aws_confluence_dc_node.yml
+++ b/aws_confluence_dc_node.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
     atl_product_user: "confluence"
     atl_product_edition: "confluence"
 
+    atl_use_system_jdk: true
+    java_major_version: "8"
+    atl_download_format: "tarball"
+
     atl_jdbc_encoding: 'UTF-8'
     atl_jdbc_collation: 'en_US.UTF-8'
 
diff --git a/aws_confluence_synchrony_node.yml b/aws_confluence_synchrony_node.yml
index b0fd8f2..f7750fc 100644
--- a/aws_confluence_synchrony_node.yml
+++ b/aws_confluence_synchrony_node.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
     atl_product_user: "confluence"
     atl_product_edition: "confluence"
 
+    atl_use_system_jdk: true
+    java_major_version: "8"
+    atl_download_format: "tarball"
+    
     atl_startup_systemd_params:
       - "EnvironmentFile=/etc/atl"
       - "EnvironmentFile=/etc/atl.synchrony"