diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index d0acc814a..3889e60fd 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ configure(javaProjects()) {
 
     compileJava {
         options.encoding = "UTF-8"
-        sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
-        targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+        sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
+        targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
         options.compilerArgs << "--release" << "11" << "-proc:none" << "-Xlint:all,-options,-static" << "-Werror"
     }
     compileTestJava {
@@ -79,11 +79,9 @@ configure(javaProjects()) {
         // tensorflow mobilenet and resnet require more cpu memory
         maxHeapSize = "4096m"
         doFirst {
-            if (JavaVersion.current() != JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8) {
-                jvmArgs = [
-                        '--add-opens', "java.base/jdk.internal.loader=ALL-UNNAMED"
-                ]
-            }
+            jvmArgs = [
+                    '--add-opens', "java.base/jdk.internal.loader=ALL-UNNAMED"
+            ]
         }
 
         useTestNG() {
diff --git a/serving/docker/Dockerfile b/serving/docker/Dockerfile
index 06317e270..25aadcfed 100644
--- a/serving/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/serving/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/dockerd-entrypoint.sh
 EXPOSE 8080
 
 WORKDIR /opt/djl
-ENV JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64
+ENV JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-17-openjdk-amd64
 ENV TF_NUM_INTEROP_THREADS=1
 ENV TF_NUM_INTRAOP_THREADS=1
 ENV TF_CPP_MIN_LOG_LEVEL=1
diff --git a/serving/docker/aarch64.Dockerfile b/serving/docker/aarch64.Dockerfile
index 19c7e1bef..242309fa5 100644
--- a/serving/docker/aarch64.Dockerfile
+++ b/serving/docker/aarch64.Dockerfile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ EXPOSE 8080
 COPY dockerd-entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/dockerd-entrypoint.sh
 RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/dockerd-entrypoint.sh
 WORKDIR /opt/djl
-ENV JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-arm64
+ENV JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-17-openjdk-arm64
 ENV JAVA_OPTS="-Xmx1g -Xms1g -XX:+ExitOnOutOfMemoryError -Dai.djl.default_engine=PyTorch"
 ENV MODEL_SERVER_HOME=/opt/djl
 ENV HUGGINGFACE_HUB_CACHE=/tmp/.cache/huggingface/hub
diff --git a/serving/docker/deepspeed.Dockerfile b/serving/docker/deepspeed.Dockerfile
index 3c75b7aef..06960c173 100644
--- a/serving/docker/deepspeed.Dockerfile
+++ b/serving/docker/deepspeed.Dockerfile
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ EXPOSE 8080
 COPY dockerd-entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/dockerd-entrypoint.sh
 RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/dockerd-entrypoint.sh
 WORKDIR /opt/djl
-ENV JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64
+ENV JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-17-openjdk-amd64
 # ENV NO_OMP_NUM_THREADS=true
 ENV JAVA_OPTS="-Xmx1g -Xms1g -XX:+ExitOnOutOfMemoryError -Dai.djl.util.cuda.folk=true"
 ENV MODEL_SERVER_HOME=/opt/djl
diff --git a/serving/docker/pytorch-gpu.Dockerfile b/serving/docker/pytorch-gpu.Dockerfile
index 5799e0934..be4d3a950 100644
--- a/serving/docker/pytorch-gpu.Dockerfile
+++ b/serving/docker/pytorch-gpu.Dockerfile
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ COPY config.properties /opt/djl/conf/
 COPY dockerd-entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/dockerd-entrypoint.sh
 
 WORKDIR /opt/djl
-ENV JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64
+ENV JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-17-openjdk-amd64
 # ENV NO_OMP_NUM_THREADS=true
 ENV MODEL_SERVER_HOME=/opt/djl
 ENV DJL_CACHE_DIR=/tmp/.djl.ai
@@ -75,4 +75,4 @@ LABEL com.amazonaws.sagemaker.capabilities.multi-models="true"
 LABEL com.amazonaws.sagemaker.capabilities.accept-bind-to-port="true"
 LABEL djl-version=$djl_version
 LABEL cuda-version=$cuda_version
-LABEL torch-version=$torch_version
\ No newline at end of file
+LABEL torch-version=$torch_version
diff --git a/serving/docker/pytorch-inf2.Dockerfile b/serving/docker/pytorch-inf2.Dockerfile
index 7ec811a8a..b58e0fd88 100644
--- a/serving/docker/pytorch-inf2.Dockerfile
+++ b/serving/docker/pytorch-inf2.Dockerfile
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ ENV PATH="/opt/aws/neuron/bin:${PATH}"
 COPY dockerd-entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/dockerd-entrypoint.sh
 RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/dockerd-entrypoint.sh
 WORKDIR /opt/djl
-ENV JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64
+ENV JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-17-openjdk-amd64
 # ENV NO_OMP_NUM_THREADS=true
 ENV MODEL_SERVER_HOME=/opt/djl
 ENV DJL_CACHE_DIR=/tmp/.djl.ai
diff --git a/serving/docker/scripts/install_djl_serving.sh b/serving/docker/scripts/install_djl_serving.sh
index 3d459ae0b..50d5b04b8 100755
--- a/serving/docker/scripts/install_djl_serving.sh
+++ b/serving/docker/scripts/install_djl_serving.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ if [ -z "$PYTORCH_JNI" ]; then
   apt-get update
   DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
     fakeroot \
-    openjdk-11-jdk-headless \
+    openjdk-17-jdk-headless \
     curl \
     jq \
     unzip
diff --git a/serving/docker/tensorrt-llm.Dockerfile b/serving/docker/tensorrt-llm.Dockerfile
index a524a99db..50c646ac7 100644
--- a/serving/docker/tensorrt-llm.Dockerfile
+++ b/serving/docker/tensorrt-llm.Dockerfile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ EXPOSE 8080
 COPY dockerd-entrypoint-with-cuda-compat.sh /usr/local/bin/dockerd-entrypoint.sh
 RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/dockerd-entrypoint.sh
 WORKDIR /opt/djl
-ENV JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64
+ENV JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-17-openjdk-amd64
 # ENV NO_OMP_NUM_THREADS=true
 ENV JAVA_OPTS="-Xmx1g -Xms1g -XX:+ExitOnOutOfMemoryError -Dai.djl.util.cuda.folk=true"
 ENV MODEL_SERVER_HOME=/opt/djl