diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven.yml b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
index 5f97a44c..2ccaf895 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/setup-java@v4
       with: # running setup-java again overwrites the settings.xml
         distribution: 'temurin'
-        java-version: '17'
+        java-version: '11'
         server-id: 'ossrh' # 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