diff --git a/ansible/roles/java-base/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/java-base/tasks/main.yml
index 712e9efe6..25e9a2a39 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/java-base/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/java-base/tasks/main.yml
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
   check_mode: no
   register: adoptopenjdk_metadata
   uri:
+    body: ""
     body_format: json
     return_content: yes
     status_code: 200