diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 160f9b2..2df97a4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/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
     secrets: