diff --git a/recipes/openjdk.rb b/recipes/openjdk.rb
index e66d4535..950c8d4e 100644
--- a/recipes/openjdk.rb
+++ b/recipes/openjdk.rb
@@ -43,13 +43,15 @@
 if node['platform'] == 'ubuntu'
   include_recipe 'apt'
   apt_repository 'openjdk-r-ppa' do
-    uri 'ppa:openjdk-r'
+    uri 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/openjdk-r/ppa/ubuntu/'
     distribution node['lsb']['codename']
+    components ["main"]
   end
 end
 
 node['java']['openjdk_packages'].each do |pkg|
   package pkg do
+    options '--force-yes'
     version node['java']['openjdk_version'] if node['java']['openjdk_version']
   end
 end