diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 95a6cbea696bb642f27cd49dc69b9d2e0ddf14fb..0afa9ab7f40fb8390a91737521bb21de64b08b15 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ package-debian-job:
     # create build dir structure
     - DEB_BUILD_DIR="${CI_PROJECT_NAME}_${VERSION}-${REVISION}_${ARCHITECTURE}"
     - mkdir -p ${DEB_BUILD_DIR}/DEBIAN
-    - DEB_JAR_DIR="${DEB_BUILD_DIR}/usr/lib/java"
+    - DEB_JAR_DIR="${DEB_BUILD_DIR}/usr/share/java"
     - mkdir -p ${DEB_JAR_DIR}
     # copy project files to be packaged
     - cp ./*.jar ${DEB_JAR_DIR}/
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ test-install-debian-job:
   script:
     - apt update
     - apt install -y ./${CI_PROJECT_NAME}*.deb
-    - java -jar /usr/lib/java/XmlFormatValidationPlugin.jar
+    - java -jar /usr/share/java/XmlFormatValidationPlugin.jar
 
 test-install-ubuntu-job:
   stage: test-package
@@ -136,4 +136,4 @@ test-install-ubuntu-job:
   script:
     - apt update
     - apt install -y ./${CI_PROJECT_NAME}*.deb
-    - java -jar /usr/lib/java/XmlFormatValidationPlugin.jar
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+    - java -jar /usr/share/java/XmlFormatValidationPlugin.jar
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