diff --git a/scm-packaging/deb/src/main/deb/control/control b/scm-packaging/deb/src/main/deb/control/control
index 249a77edb4..06a721b7ff 100644
--- a/scm-packaging/deb/src/main/deb/control/control
+++ b/scm-packaging/deb/src/main/deb/control/control
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ Priority: extra
 Architecture: all
 Description: The easiest way to share and manage your Git, Mercurial and Subversion repositories over http
 Maintainer: Sebastian Sdorra <sebastian.sdorra@cloudogu.com>
-Depends: openjdk-11-jre-headless, adduser, procps, psmisc, net-tools
-Recommends: mercurial
+Depends: adduser, procps, psmisc, net-tools
+Recommends: openjdk-11-jre-headless, mercurial
diff --git a/scm-packaging/rpm/pom.xml b/scm-packaging/rpm/pom.xml
index dc11925d97..af39c996d3 100644
--- a/scm-packaging/rpm/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-packaging/rpm/pom.xml
@@ -132,10 +132,11 @@
           <skipSigning>true</skipSigning>
 
           <requires>
-            <require>java-11-openjdk-headless</require>
+            <require>procps</require>
           </requires>
 
           <recommends>
+            <recommend>java-11-openjdk-headless</recommend>
             <recommend>mercurial</recommend>
           </recommends>