diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scala-cli/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scala-cli/default.nix
index 1eb6b92cbd44..314acfe71ffd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scala-cli/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scala-cli/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
-{ stdenv, coreutils, lib, installShellFiles, zlib, autoPatchelfHook, fetchurl, callPackage }:
+{ stdenv
+, coreutils
+, lib
+, installShellFiles
+, zlib
+, autoPatchelfHook
+, fetchurl
+, makeWrapper
+, callPackage
+, jre
+}:
 
+assert lib.versionAtLeast jre.version "17.0.0";
 let
   pname = "scala-cli";
   sources = builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile ./sources.json);
@@ -9,7 +20,7 @@ let
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   inherit pname version;
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ installShellFiles ]
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ installShellFiles makeWrapper ]
     ++ lib.optional stdenv.isLinux autoPatchelfHook;
   buildInputs = [ coreutils zlib stdenv.cc.cc ];
   src =
@@ -28,7 +39,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   installPhase = ''
     runHook preInstall
-    install -Dm755 scala-cli $out/bin/scala-cli
+    install -Dm755 scala-cli $out/bin/.scala-cli-wrapped
+    makeWrapper $out/bin/.scala-cli-wrapped $out/bin/scala-cli \
+      --set JAVA_HOME ${jre.home}
     runHook postInstall
   '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scala-cli/sources.json b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scala-cli/sources.json
index 464675569fd7..5bf6e5f3e2fd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scala-cli/sources.json
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scala-cli/sources.json
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 {
-  "version": "0.1.7",
+  "version": "0.1.8",
   "assets": {
     "x86_64-darwin": {
       "asset": "scala-cli-x86_64-apple-darwin.gz",
-      "sha256": "1sly3s9y742nms8kqwh2cikjkcnbkkafsql8sw2w2zr53z28g10v"
+      "sha256": "1dxhwhdk7kflzn4ckqxfxkz4v26l39ki6ykpml6k6kvy3nn0wwz3"
     },
     "x86_64-linux": {
       "asset": "scala-cli-x86_64-pc-linux.gz",
-      "sha256": "1lgcbxzhwqfnj6n81w1ssdcrn1j0c93chqgh0zzqi08w8wk3x4j5"
+      "sha256": "0hj22lcmbbfgv69k778myb0kp79gbg7xx9a3b66g3svxmanlbvxf"
     }
   }
 }