diff --git a/.github/workflows/gradle.yml b/.github/workflows/gradle.yml
index c4b2d3ea..22da1930 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gradle.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gradle.yml
@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Get Fetch Tags
         run: git -c protocol.version=2 fetch --tags --progress --no-recurse-submodules origin
         if: "!contains(github.ref, 'refs/tags')"
-      - name: Set up JDK 1.8
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+      - name: Set up JDK 11
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
-          java-version: 1.8
+          java-version: '11'
+          distribution: 'zulu'
       - name: Grant execute permission for gradlew
         run: chmod +x gradlew
       - name: Build with Gradle
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 9c782b71..b4d42bfb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -15,10 +15,11 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-      - name: set up JDK 1.8
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+      - name: Set up JDK 11
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
-          java-version: 1.8
+          java-version: '11'
+          distribution: 'zulu'
       - name: Build with Gradle
         run: ./gradlew build
       - name: Get Release Version
@@ -33,4 +34,4 @@ jobs:
             ${{ github.ref_name }} \
             build/libs/rundeck-ec2-nodes-plugin-${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}.jar
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
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+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}