diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven.yml b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
index fd22b3b33..103f3bff6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ jobs:
         key: ${{ runner.os }}-maven-${{ hashFiles('**/pom.xml') }}
         restore-keys: |
           ${{ runner.os }}-maven-
-    - name: Set up JDK 8
+    - name: Set up JDK 17
       uses: actions/setup-java@v4
       with:
-        java-version: 8
+        java-version: 17
         distribution: adopt
         cache: maven
         server-id: struts2-jquery.snapshots
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 268e5e722..16356ea8a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -75,10 +75,10 @@
 
 	<properties>
 		<currentVersion>${project.version}</currentVersion>
-		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
+		<java.version>17</java.version>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-		<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+		<maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
+		<maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
 		<!-- plugin versions -->
 		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.13.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
 		<maven-release-plugin.version>3.0.1</maven-release-plugin.version>