diff --git a/lib/datasource/adoptium-java/__fixtures__/jre.json b/lib/datasource/adoptium-java/__fixtures__/jre.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..35626071868f02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/datasource/adoptium-java/__fixtures__/jre.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  "versions": [
+    {
+      "build": 7,
+      "major": 11,
+      "minor": 0,
+      "openjdk_version": "11.0.12+7",
+      "security": 12,
+      "semver": "11.0.12+7"
+    },
+    {
+      "build": 8,
+      "major": 8,
+      "minor": 0,
+      "openjdk_version": "1.8.0_302-b08",
+      "security": 302,
+      "semver": "8.0.302+8"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/lib/datasource/adoptium-java/__snapshots__/index.spec.ts.snap b/lib/datasource/adoptium-java/__snapshots__/index.spec.ts.snap
index 4966264e8cd98c..5dc94fc3ed084c 100644
--- a/lib/datasource/adoptium-java/__snapshots__/index.spec.ts.snap
+++ b/lib/datasource/adoptium-java/__snapshots__/index.spec.ts.snap
@@ -159,6 +159,21 @@ Object {
 }
 `;
 
+exports[`datasource/adoptium-java/index getReleases processes real data (jre) 1`] = `
+Object {
+  "homepage": "https://adoptium.net",
+  "registryUrl": "https://api.adoptium.net/",
+  "releases": Array [
+    Object {
+      "version": "8.0.302+8",
+    },
+    Object {
+      "version": "11.0.12+7",
+    },
+  ],
+}
+`;
+
 exports[`datasource/adoptium-java/index getReleases processes real data 1`] = `
 Object {
   "homepage": "https://adoptium.net",
diff --git a/lib/datasource/adoptium-java/common.ts b/lib/datasource/adoptium-java/common.ts
index eabaeacd871a0c..6c1bfc19ffeb3d 100644
--- a/lib/datasource/adoptium-java/common.ts
+++ b/lib/datasource/adoptium-java/common.ts
@@ -4,3 +4,12 @@ export const pageSize = 50;
 export const defaultRegistryUrl = 'https://api.adoptium.net/';
 
 export const datasource = 'adoptium-java';
+
+export function getImageType(lookupName: string): string {
+  switch (lookupName) {
+    case 'java-jre':
+      return 'jre';
+    default:
+      return 'jdk';
+  }
+}
diff --git a/lib/datasource/adoptium-java/index.spec.ts b/lib/datasource/adoptium-java/index.spec.ts
index 38d1f37dbaaced..b5b4cf733c53fc 100644
--- a/lib/datasource/adoptium-java/index.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/datasource/adoptium-java/index.spec.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ import { EXTERNAL_HOST_ERROR } from '../../constants/error-messages';
 import { datasource, defaultRegistryUrl, pageSize } from './common';
 
 const res1 = loadFixture('page.json');
+const jre = loadFixture('jre.json');
 
-function getPath(page: number): string {
-  return `/v3/info/release_versions?page_size=${pageSize}&project=jdk&release_type=ga&sort_method=DATE&sort_order=DESC&vendor=adoptium&page=${page}`;
+function getPath(page: number, imageType = 'jdk'): string {
+  return `/v3/info/release_versions?page_size=${pageSize}&image_type=${imageType}&project=jdk&release_type=ga&sort_method=DATE&sort_order=DESC&vendor=adoptium&page=${page}`;
 }
 function* range(start: number, end: number): Generator<number, number, number> {
   yield start;
@@ -17,6 +18,8 @@ function* range(start: number, end: number): Generator<number, number, number> {
   yield* range(start + 1, end);
 }
 
+const depName = 'java';
+
 describe('datasource/adoptium-java/index', () => {
   describe('getReleases', () => {
     it('throws for error', async () => {
@@ -27,7 +30,7 @@ describe('datasource/adoptium-java/index', () => {
       await expect(
         getPkgReleases({
           datasource,
-          depName: 'adoptium-java',
+          depName,
         })
       ).rejects.toThrow(EXTERNAL_HOST_ERROR);
     });
@@ -37,7 +40,7 @@ describe('datasource/adoptium-java/index', () => {
       expect(
         await getPkgReleases({
           datasource,
-          depName: 'adoptium-java',
+          depName,
         })
       ).toBeNull();
     });
@@ -50,7 +53,7 @@ describe('datasource/adoptium-java/index', () => {
       expect(
         await getPkgReleases({
           datasource,
-          depName: 'adoptium-java',
+          depName,
         })
       ).toBeNull();
     });
@@ -60,7 +63,7 @@ describe('datasource/adoptium-java/index', () => {
       await expect(
         getPkgReleases({
           datasource,
-          depName: 'adoptium-java',
+          depName,
         })
       ).rejects.toThrow(EXTERNAL_HOST_ERROR);
     });
@@ -69,12 +72,22 @@ describe('datasource/adoptium-java/index', () => {
       httpMock.scope(defaultRegistryUrl).get(getPath(0)).reply(200, res1);
       const res = await getPkgReleases({
         datasource,
-        depName: 'adoptium-java',
+        depName,
       });
       expect(res).toMatchSnapshot();
       expect(res.releases).toHaveLength(3);
     });
 
+    it('processes real data (jre)', async () => {
+      httpMock.scope(defaultRegistryUrl).get(getPath(0, 'jre')).reply(200, jre);
+      const res = await getPkgReleases({
+        datasource,
+        depName: 'java-jre',
+      });
+      expect(res).toMatchSnapshot();
+      expect(res.releases).toHaveLength(2);
+    });
+
     it('pages', async () => {
       httpMock
         .scope(defaultRegistryUrl)
@@ -86,7 +99,7 @@ describe('datasource/adoptium-java/index', () => {
         .reply(404);
       const res = await getPkgReleases({
         datasource,
-        depName: 'adoptium-java',
+        depName,
       });
       expect(res).toMatchSnapshot();
       expect(res.releases).toHaveLength(50);
diff --git a/lib/datasource/adoptium-java/index.ts b/lib/datasource/adoptium-java/index.ts
index ae380a9edfad48..f106e97b3165e2 100644
--- a/lib/datasource/adoptium-java/index.ts
+++ b/lib/datasource/adoptium-java/index.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
+import { logger } from '../../logger';
 import { ExternalHostError } from '../../types/errors/external-host-error';
 import { cache } from '../../util/cache/package/decorator';
 import { HttpError } from '../../util/http/types';
 import { Datasource } from '../datasource';
 import type { GetReleasesConfig, ReleaseResult } from '../types';
-import { datasource, defaultRegistryUrl, pageSize } from './common';
+import {
+  datasource,
+  defaultRegistryUrl,
+  getImageType,
+  pageSize,
+} from './common';
 import type { AdoptiumJavaResponse } from './types';
 
 export class AdoptiumJavaDatasource extends Datasource {
@@ -25,9 +31,15 @@ export class AdoptiumJavaDatasource extends Datasource {
   })
   async getReleases({
     registryUrl,
+    lookupName,
   }: GetReleasesConfig): Promise<ReleaseResult | null> {
     let page = 0;
-    const url = `${registryUrl}v3/info/release_versions?page_size=${pageSize}&project=jdk&release_type=ga&sort_method=DATE&sort_order=DESC&vendor=adoptium`;
+    const imageType = getImageType(lookupName);
+    logger.trace(
+      { registryUrl, lookupName, imageType },
+      'fetching java release'
+    );
+    const url = `${registryUrl}v3/info/release_versions?page_size=${pageSize}&image_type=${imageType}&project=jdk&release_type=ga&sort_method=DATE&sort_order=DESC&vendor=adoptium`;
 
     const result: ReleaseResult = {
       homepage: 'https://adoptium.net',
diff --git a/lib/datasource/adoptium-java/readme.md b/lib/datasource/adoptium-java/readme.md
index 841a211f0ccdbd..f556714c32840d 100644
--- a/lib/datasource/adoptium-java/readme.md
+++ b/lib/datasource/adoptium-java/readme.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 This datasource returns releases from [Adoptium](https://adoptium.net/) API.
 
-It uses `project=jdk&release_type=ga&sort_method=DATE&sort_order=DESC&vendor=adoptium` as filter parameters.
+It uses `image_type=<jre|jdk>&project=jdk&release_type=ga&sort_method=DATE&sort_order=DESC&vendor=adoptium` as filter parameters.
 
 It only uses the first 50 pages with 50 items per page.
+
+Use `java-jdk` or `java` as `lookupName` to get releases which come with the Java Development Kit.
+
+Use `java-jre` as `lookupName` if you only want releases which come with the Java Runtime Environment.
+Currently only the LTS releases of Java come with the JRE.