How to remove a package with zypper without losing other packages?

I want to remove jdk-16 and install jdk-17. | ~ |● zypper se -i jdk-16 |Loading repository data... |Reading installed packages... | |S | Name | Summary | Type |---+------------+------------------------------------------------+-------- |i+ | jdk-16.0.1 | Java Platform Standard Edition Development Kit | package |@18:00:29,root@pinto rc=0 |~ |● zypper rm jdk-16.0.1 |Reading installed packages... |Resolving package dependencies... | |The following 4 packages are going to be REMOVED: | jdk-16.0.1 liblayout libreoffice-base pentaho-reporting-flow-engine |4 packages to remove. |After the operation, 306.1 MiB will be freed. |Continue? [y/n/v/...? shows all options] (y): n |@18:00:35,root@pinto rc=4 Notice that (particularly) libreoffice-base will be removed. I want to keep that. zypper help rm says, |~ |● zypper help rm |remove (rm) [OPTIONS] <CAPABILITY> ... | |Remove packages with specified capabilities. A capability is NAME[.ARCH][OP<VERSION>], where OP is |one of <, <=, =, >=, >. | | Command options: | |-t, --type <TYPE> Type of package (package, patch, pattern, product). |-n, --name Select packages by plain name, not by capability. Default: false |-C, --capability Select packages solely by capability. Default: false | --details Show the detailed installation summary. Default: false |-r, --repo Work only with the specified repository. |-y, --no-confirm Don't require user interaction. Alias for the --non-interactive global |option. Default: false |-D, --dry-run Don't change anything, just report what would be done. A meaningful file | conflict check can only be performed if used together with | '--download-only'. Default: false |-u, --clean-deps Automatically remove unneeded dependencies. |-U, --no-clean-deps No automatic removal of unneeded dependencies. | | Solver options | | --debug-solver Create a solver test case for debugging. | --force-resolution Force the solver to find a solution (even an aggressive one) rather than | asking. |-R, --no-force-resolution Do not force the solver to find a solution, let it ask. | --solver-focus <MODE> Set the solvers general attitude when resolving a job. | |@18:05:03,root@pinto rc=0 Are the additional packages to be removed "unneeded dependencies"? If not, how do I tell zypper to keep them? Leslie -- Distribution: openSUSE Leap 15.3 x86_64