diff --git a/.github/workflows/mpdl-release.yml b/.github/workflows/mpdl-release.yml
index bb09a297aff..a3f5dc1e3e1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mpdl-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mpdl-release.yml
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-      - name: Set up JDK 11
+      - name: Set up JDK 17
         uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
-          java-version: '11'
+          java-version: '17'
           distribution: 'temurin'
           cache: 'maven'
       - name: Set POM version env variable and build number