diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/maven-release.yaml
index b87d543d..c232c621 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven-release.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Java & publishing credentials
       uses: actions/setup-java@v1
       with:
-        java-version: 8
+        java-version: 17
         server-id: sonatype-nexus-staging # Value of the distributionManagement/repository/id field of the pom.xml
         server-username: SONATYPE_USERNAME # env variable for username in deploy
         server-password: SONATYPE_PASSWORD  # env variable for token in deploy