diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
index d3c8b09..91df0e7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - name: Set up JDK 8
+    - name: Set up JDK 17
       uses: actions/setup-java@v4
       with:
         distribution: 'temurin'
-        java-version: '8'
+        java-version: '17'
 
     - name: Build with Maven
       run: mvn -B package --file pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/setup-java@v4
       with: # running setup-java again overwrites the settings.xml
         distribution: 'temurin'
-        java-version: '8'
+        java-version: '17'
         server-id: io.github.netcorepal # Value of the distributionManagement/repository/id field of the pom.xml
         server-username: MAVEN_USERNAME # env variable for username in deploy
         server-password: MAVEN_CENTRAL_TOKEN # env variable for token in deploy