diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_maven.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_maven.yml
index f8e0c828..be0936df 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_maven.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_maven.yml
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Set up JDK 1.8
+      - name: set up JDK 17
         uses: actions/setup-java@v1
         with:
-          java-version: 1.8
+          java-version: 17
 
         # Base64 decodes and pipes the GPG key content into the secret file
       - name: Prepare environment