diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate.yml b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
index d7a1dbe..7363947 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 env:
-  JAVA_VERSION: 11
+  JAVA_VERSION: 17
 jobs:
   unit-tests:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest