diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 70ecac9ea..64c92b368 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@
     <project.guava.version>33.1.0-jre</project.guava.version>
     <project.appengine.version>2.0.31</project.appengine.version>
     <project.xpp3.version>1.1.4c</project.xpp3.version>
-    <project.jdo2-api.version>2.3-20090302111651</project.jdo2-api.version>
+    <project.jdo2-api.version>2.3-eb</project.jdo2-api.version>
     <project.datanucleus-core.version>3.2.2</project.datanucleus-core.version>
     <project.datanucleus-api-jdo.version>3.2.1</project.datanucleus-api-jdo.version>
     <project.datanucleus-maven-plugin.version>4.0.3</project.datanucleus-maven-plugin.version>
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index 28d377173..7f5f9651a 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@
         "/^com.google.appengine:appengine-/"
       ]
     },
+    {
+      "description": "Pin jdo2-api to 2.3-eb. Maven version ordering ranks 2.3-20090302111651 higher, but that build is older and its POM has no license.",
+      "matchPackageNames": [
+        "javax.jdo:jdo2-api"
+      ],
+      "enabled": false
+    },
     {
       "matchPackageNames": [
         "jakarta.servlet:jakarta.servlet-api"