diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 8e5d259f..424c8e09 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup JDK
         uses: actions/setup-java@v2
         with:
-          java-version: '8'
+          java-version: '17'
           distribution: 'adopt'
           cache: gradle
       - name: Setup Node.js