diff --git a/powerlevel9k.zsh-theme b/powerlevel9k.zsh-theme
index 730cff49..0a6cc055 100755
--- a/powerlevel9k.zsh-theme
+++ b/powerlevel9k.zsh-theme
@@ -1707,7 +1707,7 @@ prompt_dropbox() {
 # print Java version number
 prompt_java_version() {
   local java_version
-  java_version=$(java -fullversion 2>&1 | cut -d '"' -f 2)
+  java_version=$(java -fullversion 2>/dev/null | cut -d '"' -f 2)
 
   if [[ -n "$java_version" ]]; then
     "$1_prompt_segment" "$0" "$2" "red" "white" "$java_version" "JAVA_ICON"