diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index edbc90e6fd3..a74c2386f71 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 #### Bugs
 * Fix #5382: [java-generator] Allow to deserialize more valid RFC3339 date-time and make the format customizable
+* Fix #5380: [java-generator] Avoid to emit Java Keywords as package names
 
 #### Improvements
 * Fix #5368: added support for additional ListOptions fields
diff --git a/java-generator/core/src/main/java/io/fabric8/java/generator/nodes/AbstractJSONSchema2Pojo.java b/java-generator/core/src/main/java/io/fabric8/java/generator/nodes/AbstractJSONSchema2Pojo.java
index cf7f537b8d3..ff2c7b630bb 100644
--- a/java-generator/core/src/main/java/io/fabric8/java/generator/nodes/AbstractJSONSchema2Pojo.java
+++ b/java-generator/core/src/main/java/io/fabric8/java/generator/nodes/AbstractJSONSchema2Pojo.java
@@ -80,6 +80,11 @@ public static String packageName(String str) {
     if (pkg.equals(str)) { // avoid package/class name clash
       pkg = "_" + pkg;
     }
+    // https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/package/namingpkgs.html
+    // if the package name contains a reserved Java keyword ... the suggested convention is to add an underscore
+    if (JAVA_KEYWORDS.contains(pkg)) {
+      pkg = pkg + "_";
+    }
     return pkg;
   }
 
diff --git a/java-generator/it/src/it/escape-characters/src/test/java/io/fabric8/it/dummy/TestEscapeCharacters.java b/java-generator/it/src/it/escape-characters/src/test/java/io/fabric8/it/dummy/TestEscapeCharacters.java
index 639cca14511..fde2608bb0f 100644
--- a/java-generator/it/src/it/escape-characters/src/test/java/io/fabric8/it/dummy/TestEscapeCharacters.java
+++ b/java-generator/it/src/it/escape-characters/src/test/java/io/fabric8/it/dummy/TestEscapeCharacters.java
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 import com.example.v1.Dummy;
 import com.example.v1.DummySpec;
+import com.example.v1.dummyspec.Package;
+import com.example.v1.dummyspec.package_.Foo;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ObjectMeta;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.utils.Serialization;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@ void testDeserialization() {
     assertEquals("3", spec.getThree_quote());
     assertEquals("4", spec.getFour_doublequote());
     assertEquals("5", spec.getFive_slash());
+    assertEquals("6", spec.get_package().getFoo().getBar());
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -63,6 +66,11 @@ void testAgainstSample() throws Exception {
     spec.setThree_quote("3");
     spec.setFour_doublequote("4");
     spec.setFive_slash("5");
+    Foo foo = new Foo();
+    foo.setBar("6");
+    Package pack = new Package();
+    pack.setFoo(foo);
+    spec.set_package(pack);
     sample.setSpec(spec);
     ObjectMeta om = new ObjectMeta();
     om.setName("sample");
diff --git a/java-generator/it/src/it/escape-characters/src/test/resources/dummy-crd.yml b/java-generator/it/src/it/escape-characters/src/test/resources/dummy-crd.yml
index a15c273118d..555c1590a84 100644
--- a/java-generator/it/src/it/escape-characters/src/test/resources/dummy-crd.yml
+++ b/java-generator/it/src/it/escape-characters/src/test/resources/dummy-crd.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,14 @@ spec:
                   type: string
                 five/slash:
                   type: string
+                package:
+                  type: object
+                  properties:
+                    foo:
+                      type: object
+                      properties:
+                        bar:
+                          type: string
   scope: Namespaced
   names:
     plural: dummies
diff --git a/java-generator/it/src/it/escape-characters/src/test/resources/sample.yaml b/java-generator/it/src/it/escape-characters/src/test/resources/sample.yaml
index 545e700f2ac..75e1ecec3e4 100644
--- a/java-generator/it/src/it/escape-characters/src/test/resources/sample.yaml
+++ b/java-generator/it/src/it/escape-characters/src/test/resources/sample.yaml
@@ -25,3 +25,6 @@ spec:
   three'quote: "3"
   four"doublequote: "4"
   five/slash: "5"
+  package:
+    foo:
+      bar: "6"