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 The following software is required to work with the Debezium codebase and build it locally:
 
 * [Git](https://git-scm.com) 2.2.1 or later
-* JDK 11 or later, e.g. [OpenJDK](http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk/)
+* JDK 17 or later, e.g. [OpenJDK](http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk/)
 * [Apache Maven](https://maven.apache.org/index.html) 3.6.3 or later
 * [Docker Engine](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/) or [Docker Desktop](https://docs.docker.com/desktop/) 1.9 or later