diff --git a/.github/workflows/master-pr-build.yml b/.github/workflows/master-pr-build.yml
index 211a5548a..d3ce3e1fe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/master-pr-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/master-pr-build.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        java: [ '17' ]
+        java: [ '21' ]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: Set up JDK ${{ matrix.java }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/master-push-build.yml b/.github/workflows/master-push-build.yml
index 5a66d1126..e98d21379 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/master-push-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/master-push-build.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        java: [ '17' ]
+        java: [ '21' ]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: Set up JDK ${{ matrix.java }}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 81fb857e7..77f458b53 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
         <site-repo-url>scpexe://people.apache.org/www/camel.apache.org/maven/</site-repo-url>
-        <jdk.version>17</jdk.version>
+        <jdk.version>21</jdk.version>
         <compiler.fork>false</compiler.fork>
 
         <camel.version>${project.version}</camel.version>