diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index f183e3808..184ce4cb6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ jobs:
     - name: Checkout repository
       uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
 
+    - name: setup java
+      uses: actions/setup-java@7a6d8a8234af8eb26422e24e3006232cccaa061b
+      with:
+        distribution: 'temurin'
+        java-version: '8'
+
     # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
     - name: Initialize CodeQL
       uses: github/codeql-action/init@v3