diff --git a/base/comps/java-25-openjdk-portable/java-25-openjdk-portable.comp.toml b/base/comps/java-25-openjdk-portable/java-25-openjdk-portable.comp.toml
index 9bc12b8c493..79932c23de5 100644
--- a/base/comps/java-25-openjdk-portable/java-25-openjdk-portable.comp.toml
+++ b/base/comps/java-25-openjdk-portable/java-25-openjdk-portable.comp.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,20 @@
 # Release: %{?eaprefix}%{rpmrelease}%{?extraver}%{?dist}
 release = { calculation = "manual" }
 spec = { type = "upstream", upstream-distro = { name = "fedora", version = "43" }, upstream-commit = "cad9d5a1ed48cf7e9e12cfadfdacc11f523d46cb" }
+# Disable slowdebug variant builds; we don't ship -slowdebug subpackages.
+build.without = ["slowdebug"]
+
+[components.java-25-openjdk-portable.build.defines]
+# AZL-only release counter. Added to upstream's %{rpmrelease} so the final
+# Release tag is a single number (Fedora-style schema). Bump when shipping
+# new AZL-only changes on top of the pinned upstream commit.
+azl_release = "2"
+
+[[components.java-25-openjdk-portable.overlays]]
+description = "Add azl_release to upstream %{rpmrelease} so we can bump release independently of upstream while keeping a single-number Fedora-style Release schema"
+type = "spec-search-replace"
+regex = '^Release:\s+%\{\?eaprefix\}%\{rpmrelease\}%\{\?extraver\}%\{\?dist\}$'
+replacement = 'Release: %{?eaprefix}%[%{rpmrelease} + %{azl_release}]%{?extraver}%{?dist}'
 
 [[components.java-25-openjdk-portable.overlays]]
 description = "Override buildjdkver to use Java 25 instead of 24 for bootstrap"
diff --git a/base/comps/java-25-openjdk/java-25-openjdk.comp.toml b/base/comps/java-25-openjdk/java-25-openjdk.comp.toml
index a6842dd584c..9d65c43c3e0 100644
--- a/base/comps/java-25-openjdk/java-25-openjdk.comp.toml
+++ b/base/comps/java-25-openjdk/java-25-openjdk.comp.toml
@@ -4,4 +4,18 @@ release = { calculation = "manual" }
 # Current java-25 build requires java-25-openjdk-portable-sources version 25.0.20.0.10.
 # Fed43 portable rpm delivers 25.0.0.0.32. Fedora43 builds work with Fed42 rpm. To
 # unblock our build, we pin to the last Fedora 43 commit when version was 25.0.0.0.32.
-spec = { type = "upstream", upstream-distro = { name = "fedora", version = "43" }, upstream-commit = "6011214a0e0e5c6302d0d59b6e8805d049749420" }
+spec = { type = "upstream", upstream-distro = { name = "fedora", version = "43" }, upstream-commit = "5443056bc5b97bcc78e36144b6a28b8937dc6cee" }
+# Disable slowdebug variant builds; we don't ship -slowdebug subpackages.
+build.without = ["slowdebug"]
+
+[components.java-25-openjdk.build.defines]
+# AZL-only release counter. Added to upstream's %{rpmrelease} so the final
+# Release tag is a single number (Fedora-style schema). Bump when shipping
+# new AZL-only changes on top of the pinned upstream commit.
+azl_release = "2"
+
+[[components.java-25-openjdk.overlays]]
+description = "Add azl_release to upstream %{rpmrelease} so we can bump release independently of upstream while keeping a single-number Fedora-style Release schema"
+type = "spec-search-replace"
+regex = '^Release:\s+%\{\?eaprefix\}%\{rpmrelease\}%\{\?extraver\}%\{\?dist\}$'
+replacement = 'Release: %{?eaprefix}%[%{rpmrelease} + %{azl_release}]%{?extraver}%{?dist}'
diff --git a/base/packages/base.packages.toml b/base/packages/base.packages.toml
index a2751f3c4cf..7a6f53c1916 100644
--- a/base/packages/base.packages.toml
+++ b/base/packages/base.packages.toml
@@ -2469,26 +2469,19 @@ packages = [
     "java-25-openjdk", # srpm: java-25-openjdk
     "java-25-openjdk-demo", # srpm: java-25-openjdk
     "java-25-openjdk-demo-fastdebug", # srpm: java-25-openjdk
-    "java-25-openjdk-demo-slowdebug", # srpm: java-25-openjdk
     "java-25-openjdk-devel", # srpm: java-25-openjdk
     "java-25-openjdk-devel-fastdebug", # srpm: java-25-openjdk
-    "java-25-openjdk-devel-slowdebug", # srpm: java-25-openjdk
     "java-25-openjdk-fastdebug", # srpm: java-25-openjdk
     "java-25-openjdk-headless", # srpm: java-25-openjdk
     "java-25-openjdk-headless-fastdebug", # srpm: java-25-openjdk
-    "java-25-openjdk-headless-slowdebug", # srpm: java-25-openjdk
     "java-25-openjdk-javadoc", # srpm: java-25-openjdk
     "java-25-openjdk-javadoc-zip", # srpm: java-25-openjdk
     "java-25-openjdk-jmods", # srpm: java-25-openjdk
     "java-25-openjdk-jmods-fastdebug", # srpm: java-25-openjdk
-    "java-25-openjdk-jmods-slowdebug", # srpm: java-25-openjdk
-    "java-25-openjdk-slowdebug", # srpm: java-25-openjdk
     "java-25-openjdk-src", # srpm: java-25-openjdk
     "java-25-openjdk-src-fastdebug", # srpm: java-25-openjdk
-    "java-25-openjdk-src-slowdebug", # srpm: java-25-openjdk
     "java-25-openjdk-static-libs", # srpm: java-25-openjdk
     "java-25-openjdk-static-libs-fastdebug", # srpm: java-25-openjdk
-    "java-25-openjdk-static-libs-slowdebug", # srpm: java-25-openjdk
     "java-hdf", # srpm: hdf
     "java-hdf5", # srpm: hdf5
     "java-srpm-macros", # srpm: java-rpm-macros
diff --git a/base/packages/sdk.packages.toml b/base/packages/sdk.packages.toml
index 4c5a28e6216..012a6e8444d 100644
--- a/base/packages/sdk.packages.toml
+++ b/base/packages/sdk.packages.toml
@@ -2754,15 +2754,12 @@ packages = [
     "java-25-openjdk-portable", # srpm: java-25-openjdk-portable
     "java-25-openjdk-portable-devel", # srpm: java-25-openjdk-portable
     "java-25-openjdk-portable-devel-fastdebug", # srpm: java-25-openjdk-portable
-    "java-25-openjdk-portable-devel-slowdebug", # srpm: java-25-openjdk-portable
     "java-25-openjdk-portable-docs", # srpm: java-25-openjdk-portable
     "java-25-openjdk-portable-fastdebug", # srpm: java-25-openjdk-portable
     "java-25-openjdk-portable-misc", # srpm: java-25-openjdk-portable
-    "java-25-openjdk-portable-slowdebug", # srpm: java-25-openjdk-portable
     "java-25-openjdk-portable-sources", # srpm: java-25-openjdk-portable
     "java-25-openjdk-portable-static-libs", # srpm: java-25-openjdk-portable
     "java-25-openjdk-portable-static-libs-fastdebug", # srpm: java-25-openjdk-portable
-    "java-25-openjdk-portable-static-libs-slowdebug", # srpm: java-25-openjdk-portable
     "java-z3", # srpm: z3
     "javascriptcoregtk4.1", # srpm: webkitgtk
     "javascriptcoregtk4.1-devel", # srpm: webkitgtk
diff --git a/locks/java-25-openjdk-portable.lock b/locks/java-25-openjdk-portable.lock
index f125d08ccfe..29a3a47b19b 100644
--- a/locks/java-25-openjdk-portable.lock
+++ b/locks/java-25-openjdk-portable.lock
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 version = 1
 import-commit = 'cad9d5a1ed48cf7e9e12cfadfdacc11f523d46cb'
 upstream-commit = 'cad9d5a1ed48cf7e9e12cfadfdacc11f523d46cb'
-input-fingerprint = 'sha256:f850b6f1b70adb638e157095b4cc3fdec86506fae5e80e7d762001664c2ffcbc'
+input-fingerprint = 'sha256:36c3198173416602b88b0c9bacc6b27ad47b4ec6443bfd6d63e42425d333327b'
 resolution-input-hash = 'sha256:0202eb9270e8e00e99a72f294e2d072d2bfb8009bfd6cc7fdd72b7bec3fb3996'
diff --git a/locks/java-25-openjdk.lock b/locks/java-25-openjdk.lock
index badd81b2d66..76485a57ea1 100644
--- a/locks/java-25-openjdk.lock
+++ b/locks/java-25-openjdk.lock
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Managed by azldev component update. Do not edit manually.
 version = 1
 import-commit = '6011214a0e0e5c6302d0d59b6e8805d049749420'
-upstream-commit = '6011214a0e0e5c6302d0d59b6e8805d049749420'
-input-fingerprint = 'sha256:3c695fbce90d61e0a02fd98c0e2f4e7df71b024abb161ac8d53a78926334ebf8'
-resolution-input-hash = 'sha256:aa5bcc89986249fcdfffe18cd72d6c06ca089b1525e9d5ebf286dcb165665da7'
+upstream-commit = '5443056bc5b97bcc78e36144b6a28b8937dc6cee'
+input-fingerprint = 'sha256:c6e3f9d260d8207c81481c4ebf94d5c38df31724b77d1f47f83885fe5fe4e5ff'
+resolution-input-hash = 'sha256:6ff9dbb2a003cbeff4de0aaad04fa74dd672d8b4431d3025412a6f78978c3259'
diff --git a/specs/j/java-25-openjdk-portable/java-25-openjdk-portable.azl.macros b/specs/j/java-25-openjdk-portable/java-25-openjdk-portable.azl.macros
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..23da2f63610
--- /dev/null
+++ b/specs/j/java-25-openjdk-portable/java-25-openjdk-portable.azl.macros
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Macros file automatically generated by azldev.
+# Do not edit manually; changes will be overwritten.
+%_without_slowdebug 1
+%azl_release 2
diff --git a/specs/j/java-25-openjdk-portable/java-25-openjdk-portable.spec b/specs/j/java-25-openjdk-portable/java-25-openjdk-portable.spec
index c1fa17ad1cd..124cafa7d58 100644
--- a/specs/j/java-25-openjdk-portable/java-25-openjdk-portable.spec
+++ b/specs/j/java-25-openjdk-portable/java-25-openjdk-portable.spec
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 # This spec file has been modified by azldev to include build configuration overlays.
 # Do not edit manually; changes may be overwritten.
 
+# All Azure Linux specs with overlays include this macro file, irrespective of whether new macros have been added.
+%{load:%{_sourcedir}/java-25-openjdk-portable.azl.macros}
+
 %if (0%{?rhel} > 0 && 0%{?rhel} < 8)
 # portable jdk 17 specific bug, _jvmdir being missing
 %define _jvmdir /usr/lib/jvm
@@ -572,7 +575,7 @@ ExcludeArch: %{ix86}
 
 Name:    java-25-%{origin}-portable%{?pkgos:-%{pkgos}}
 Version: %{newjavaver}.%{buildver}
-Release: %{?eaprefix}%{rpmrelease}%{?extraver}%{?dist}
+Release: %{?eaprefix}%[%{rpmrelease} + %{azl_release}]%{?extraver}%{?dist}
 # java-1.5.0-ibm from jpackage.org set Epoch to 1 for unknown reasons
 # and this change was brought into RHEL-4. java-1.5.0-ibm packages
 # also included the epoch in their virtual provides. This created a
@@ -644,6 +647,7 @@ Source16: CheckVendor.java
 
 # Ensure translations are available for new timezones
 Source18: TestTranslations.java
+Source9999: java-25-openjdk-portable.azl.macros
 
 ############################################
 #
@@ -1736,6 +1740,9 @@ done
 
 %changelog
 ## START: Generated by rpmautospec
+* Sat May 09 2026 Chris Co <chrco@microsoft.com> - 1:25.0.0.0.32-3
+- fix(java): disable slowdebug variant and bump release for openjdk
+
 * Thu Apr 30 2026 Daniel McIlvaney <damcilva@microsoft.com> - 1:25.0.0.0.32-2
 - feat: introduce deterministic commit resolution via Azure Linux lock file
 
diff --git a/specs/j/java-25-openjdk/java-25-openjdk.azl.macros b/specs/j/java-25-openjdk/java-25-openjdk.azl.macros
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..23da2f63610
--- /dev/null
+++ b/specs/j/java-25-openjdk/java-25-openjdk.azl.macros
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Macros file automatically generated by azldev.
+# Do not edit manually; changes will be overwritten.
+%_without_slowdebug 1
+%azl_release 2
diff --git a/specs/j/java-25-openjdk/java-25-openjdk.spec b/specs/j/java-25-openjdk/java-25-openjdk.spec
index f123d37f3e6..5929f2887d1 100644
--- a/specs/j/java-25-openjdk/java-25-openjdk.spec
+++ b/specs/j/java-25-openjdk/java-25-openjdk.spec
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 # This spec file has been modified by azldev to include build configuration overlays.
 # Do not edit manually; changes may be overwritten.
 
+# All Azure Linux specs with overlays include this macro file, irrespective of whether new macros have been added.
+%{load:%{_sourcedir}/java-25-openjdk.azl.macros}
+
 # RPM conditionals so as to be able to dynamically produce
 # slowdebug/release builds. See:
 # http://rpm.org/user_doc/conditional_builds.html
@@ -350,7 +353,7 @@
 %global top_level_dir_name   %{vcstag}
 %global top_level_dir_name_backup %{top_level_dir_name}-backup
 %global buildver        32
-%global rpmrelease      3
+%global rpmrelease      4
 # Priority must be 8 digits in total; up to openjdk 1.8, we were using 18..... so when we moved to 11, we had to add another digit
 %if %is_system_jdk
 # Using 10 digits may overflow the int used for priority, so we combine the patch and build versions
@@ -1177,7 +1180,7 @@ Provides: java-%{origin}-src%{?1} = %{epoch}:%{version}-%{release}
 
 Name:    java-25-%{origin}
 Version: %{newjavaver}.%{buildver}
-Release: %{?eaprefix}%{rpmrelease}%{?extraver}%{?dist}
+Release: %{?eaprefix}%[%{rpmrelease} + %{azl_release}]%{?extraver}%{?dist}
 # java-1.5.0-ibm from jpackage.org set Epoch to 1 for unknown reasons
 # and this change was brought into RHEL-4. java-1.5.0-ibm packages
 # also included the epoch in their virtual provides. This created a
@@ -1235,6 +1238,7 @@ Source16: CheckVendor.java
 
 # Ensure translations are available for new timezones
 Source18: TestTranslations.java
+Source9999: java-25-openjdk.azl.macros
 
 BuildRequires: %{portable_name}-sources >= %{portable_version}
 BuildRequires: %{portable_name}-misc >= %{portable_version}
@@ -2401,6 +2405,12 @@ exit 0
 
 %changelog
 ## START: Generated by rpmautospec
+* Sat May 09 2026 Chris Co <chrco@microsoft.com> - 1:25.0.0.0.32-7
+- fix(java): disable slowdebug variant and bump release for openjdk
+
+* Wed Jul 30 2025 Jiri Vanek <jvanek@redhat.com> - 1:25.0.0.0.32-6
+- Bumped release
+
 * Thu Apr 30 2026 Daniel McIlvaney <damcilva@microsoft.com> - 1:25.0.0.0.32-5
 - feat: introduce deterministic commit resolution via Azure Linux lock file