diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-release.yml b/.github/workflows/build-release.yml
index 8e9818b..2b20031 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-release.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
       !contains(github.event.head_commit.message, '[ciskip]')
     uses: nanite/workflows/.github/workflows/standard-modmuss.yml@v1.1
     with:
-      java-version: 17
+      java-version: 21
       changelog-file: "./CHANGELOG.md"
       release-to-github: false
       release-files: "./build/libs/*.jar"