diff --git a/vscode-extensions/commons-vscode/package-lock.json b/vscode-extensions/commons-vscode/package-lock.json
index 75a64f06b..3dff926b2 100644
--- a/vscode-extensions/commons-vscode/package-lock.json
+++ b/vscode-extensions/commons-vscode/package-lock.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
       "version": "0.2.4",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
-        "@pivotal-tools/jvm-launch-utils": "0.0.17",
+        "@pivotal-tools/jvm-launch-utils": "0.0.18",
         "deep-equal": "^2.0.5",
         "portfinder": "^1.0.28"
       },
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@pivotal-tools/jvm-launch-utils": {
-      "version": "0.0.17",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@pivotal-tools/jvm-launch-utils/-/jvm-launch-utils-0.0.17.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-W7evOmGDaWQSpBNcvMmKXpHw2PZ0jBI2REA84DQSmDds+1X0OGcwiu9uaAnGwKzS2zscueZCsPow8aRN6jucFg=="
+      "version": "0.0.18",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@pivotal-tools/jvm-launch-utils/-/jvm-launch-utils-0.0.18.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-gxtow7DYXfFW82rxnSwZmskHS5YkYyFGBaWAnUXw4/oKqcHo2m8Bw86mZjldwrepOyc1nTAx3wrH/+Rb5ZtImA=="
     },
     "node_modules/@types/node": {
       "version": "16.11.11",
@@ -809,9 +809,9 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@pivotal-tools/jvm-launch-utils": {
-      "version": "0.0.17",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@pivotal-tools/jvm-launch-utils/-/jvm-launch-utils-0.0.17.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-W7evOmGDaWQSpBNcvMmKXpHw2PZ0jBI2REA84DQSmDds+1X0OGcwiu9uaAnGwKzS2zscueZCsPow8aRN6jucFg=="
+      "version": "0.0.18",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@pivotal-tools/jvm-launch-utils/-/jvm-launch-utils-0.0.18.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-gxtow7DYXfFW82rxnSwZmskHS5YkYyFGBaWAnUXw4/oKqcHo2m8Bw86mZjldwrepOyc1nTAx3wrH/+Rb5ZtImA=="
     },
     "@types/node": {
       "version": "16.11.11",
diff --git a/vscode-extensions/commons-vscode/package.json b/vscode-extensions/commons-vscode/package.json
index f3859d900..7c0be1db4 100644
--- a/vscode-extensions/commons-vscode/package.json
+++ b/vscode-extensions/commons-vscode/package.json
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     "prepack": "tsc -p ./"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@pivotal-tools/jvm-launch-utils": "0.0.17",
+    "@pivotal-tools/jvm-launch-utils": "0.0.18",
     "deep-equal": "^2.0.5",
     "portfinder": "^1.0.28"
   },
diff --git a/vscode-extensions/commons-vscode/src/launch-util.ts b/vscode-extensions/commons-vscode/src/launch-util.ts
index f834699d6..05dfd0134 100644
--- a/vscode-extensions/commons-vscode/src/launch-util.ts
+++ b/vscode-extensions/commons-vscode/src/launch-util.ts
@@ -108,6 +108,21 @@ function getJdtUserDefinedJavaHome(log: VSCode.OutputChannel): string {
     return javaHome;
 }
 
+function findJdtEmbeddedJRE(): string | undefined{
+    const javaExtension = VSCode.extensions.getExtension('redhat.java');
+    if (javaExtension) {
+        const jreHome = Path.resolve(javaExtension.extensionPath, 'jre');
+        if (FS.existsSync(jreHome) && FS.statSync(jreHome).isDirectory()) {
+            const candidates = FS.readdirSync(jreHome);
+            for (const candidate of candidates) {
+                if (FS.existsSync(Path.join(jreHome, candidate, "bin"))) {
+                    return Path.join(jreHome, candidate);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 export function activate(options: ActivatorOptions, context: VSCode.ExtensionContext): Thenable<LanguageClient> {
     if (options.CONNECT_TO_LS) {
         return VSCode.window.showInformationMessage("Start language server")
@@ -123,6 +138,7 @@ export function activate(options: ActivatorOptions, context: VSCode.ExtensionCon
         let findJRE = options.preferJdk ? findJdk : findJvm;
 
         return findJRE(getSpringUserDefinedJavaHome(options.workspaceOptions, clientOptions.outputChannel)
+            || findJdtEmbeddedJRE()
             || getJdtUserDefinedJavaHome(clientOptions.outputChannel),
             msg => clientOptions.outputChannel.appendLine(msg))
         .catch(error => {