diff --git a/.github/workflows/java.yml b/.github/workflows/java.yml
index f28ea662..517421ba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/java.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/java.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
         distribution: 'adopt'
 
     - name: Run tests
-      run: make ja_test ${{ matrix.java-version > 17 || 'MVN_FLAGS="-e -nf"' }}
+      run: make ja_test ${{ matrix.java-version > 17 || 'MVN_FLAGS="-e -fn"' }}
 
     - name: Upload code coverage to Codecov
       uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
diff --git a/java/Makefile b/java/Makefile
index b7228ea9..813a55c8 100644
--- a/java/Makefile
+++ b/java/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ help:
 
 .PHONY: clean
 clean:
-	@$(MVN) clean || echo "Maven not installed"
+	@$(MVN) clean || echo
 
 .PHONY: test
 test: ../LICENSE