From aca64df61cd9099f12d079bb3caefa77c44af61d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Avgustin Marinov <Avgustin.Marinov@bosch.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:17:53 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Bump JDK requirements to 21 (#3017)

Signed-off-by: Avgustin Marinov <Avgustin.Marinov@bosch.com>
---
 README.md | 2 +-
 pom.xml   | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6537c0477..32ff60191 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ There are clients outside of the Eclipse IoT eco system as well, e.g.:
 
 # Runtime dependencies and support
 
-## Java Runtime Environment: 17
+## Java Runtime Environment: 21
 
 ## SQL database
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2810cb0b8..4659f27a5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 
         <revision>0-SNAPSHOT</revision>
 
-        <java.version>17</java.version>
+        <java.version>21</java.version>
         <!-- java.version is used to build the hawkbit in general, however, some artifacts which could be used
         as libraries in other projects might be compiled with a different, lower, java version. -->
         <java.client.version>17</java.client.version>