diff --git a/ansible/roles/java-base/vars/main.yml b/ansible/roles/java-base/vars/main.yml
index 9e11da72b..2129acf6b 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/java-base/vars/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/java-base/vars/main.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ java_package_name: "{{ packages[os]|default(packages[os|stripversion])|default('
 # override arch to be on the safe side.
 adoptopenjdk: {
   aix71_ppc64: { arch: ppc64 },
-  aix72_ppc64: { arch: ppc64 },
+  aix72_ppc64: { arch: ppc64, version: 11 },
   centos7_ppc64: {},
   rhel7_s390x: {}
 }
diff --git a/ansible/roles/jenkins-worker/templates/aix.rc2.j2 b/ansible/roles/jenkins-worker/templates/aix.rc2.j2
index fb3dd9f06..01fddaa95 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/jenkins-worker/templates/aix.rc2.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/jenkins-worker/templates/aix.rc2.j2
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ start )
               export HOME=/home/{{server_user}}; \
               export NODE_TEST_DIR=$HOME/tmp; \
               export NODE_COMMON_PIPE="$HOME/test.pipe"; \
+              export PATH=/opt/freeware/bin:$PATH; \
               export OSTYPE=AIX72; \
               export JOBS={{ jobs_env }}; \
         /usr/bin/java -Xmx128m -Dorg.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.Git.timeOut=30 -jar "$HOME/slave.jar" \