diff --git a/.github/workflows/iceberg_test.yaml b/.github/workflows/iceberg_test.yaml
index aecc6e3241b..cd91814efdc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/iceberg_test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/iceberg_test.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
           distribution: "zulu"
-          java-version: "8"
+          java-version: "11"
       - name: Cache Scala, SBT
         uses: actions/cache@v3
         with:
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 00017cf25a5..825cfef0c06 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ crossScalaVersions := Nil
 // For Java 11 use the following on command line
 // sbt 'set targetJvm := "11"' [commands]
 val targetJvm = settingKey[String]("Target JVM version")
-Global / targetJvm := "8"
+Global / targetJvm := "11"
 
 lazy val javaVersion = sys.props.getOrElse("java.version", "Unknown")
 lazy val javaVersionInt = javaVersion.split("\\.")(0).toInt