diff --git a/.github/workflows/config-server.yml b/.github/workflows/config-server.yml
index c4ea9710..687e4bfc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/config-server.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/config-server.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: "config-server"
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        java: ["21"]
+        java: ["17"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4
         with:
@@ -50,4 +50,4 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # Needed to get PR information, if any
           DOCKER_PASSCODE: ${{secrets.DOCKER_PASSCODE}}
           DOC_USERNAME: ${{secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME}}
-        run: ./mvnw spring-boot:build-image -Dspring-boot.build-image.publish=true -DCI_DOCKER_PASSWORD=${DOCKER_PASSCODE} -DCI_DOCKER_USERNAME=${DOC_USERNAME}
+        run: ./mvnw -Pnative spring-boot:build-image -Dspring-boot.build-image.publish=true -DCI_DOCKER_PASSWORD=${DOCKER_PASSCODE} -DCI_DOCKER_USERNAME=${DOC_USERNAME}
diff --git a/config-server/pom.xml b/config-server/pom.xml
index eac44161..757a9e38 100644
--- a/config-server/pom.xml
+++ b/config-server/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     <description>Centralized Configuration Server</description>
 
     <properties>
-        <java.version>21</java.version>
+        <java.version>17</java.version>
         <spring-cloud.version>2023.0.0</spring-cloud.version>
         <spotless.version>2.41.1</spotless.version>
         <properties-maven-plugin.version>1.2.1</properties-maven-plugin.version>