diff --git a/.github/workflows/gradle-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/gradle-publish.yml
index 5d2dab6..617b642 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gradle-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gradle-publish.yml
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ jobs:
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
         fetch-tags: true
-    - name: Set up JDK 17
+    - name: Set up JDK 21
       uses: actions/setup-java@v3
       with:
-        java-version: '17'
+        java-version: '21'
         distribution: 'oracle'
         server-id: github # Value of the distributionManagement/repository/id field of the pom.xml
         settings-path: ${{ github.workspace }} # location for the settings.xml file