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@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ This code for sample application is intended for demonstration purposes only. It
 * jq is installed - https://jqlang.github.io/jq/download/
 * AWS CDK >= v2.166.0 is installed - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/v2/guide/getting_started.html#getting_started_install
 * Node.js >= v18.0.0 is installed.
+* Java 11 is installed.
 * [Optional] If you plan to install the infrastructure resources using Terraform, terraform cli is required. https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/tutorials/aws-get-started/install-cli
 * [Optional] If you want to try out AWS Bedrock/GenAI support with Application Signals, enable Amazon Titian, Anthropic Claude, Meta Llama foundation models by following the instructions in https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/userguide/model-access.html
 # EKS demo
@@ -199,4 +200,4 @@ The following instructions set up an ECS cluster with all services running in Fa
 3. Clean up after you are done with the sample app. Replace `region-name` with the same value that you use in previous step.
    ```
    cd scripts/ecs/appsignals/ && ./setup-ecs-demo.sh --operation=delete --region=region-name
-   ```
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+   ```