diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 0e1f598be..7cab88d44 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ on:
   push:
 
 env:
-  JAVA_VERSION: 16
+  JAVA_VERSION: 17
 
 defaults:
   run:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index a3e9a2b59..16a68d456 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ on:
     - '[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+-*'
 
 env:
-  JAVA_VERSION: 16
+  JAVA_VERSION: 17
 
 defaults:
   run:
diff --git a/.idea/misc.xml b/.idea/misc.xml
index 68ef79a67..4731638fd 100644
--- a/.idea/misc.xml
+++ b/.idea/misc.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
       </list>
     </option>
   </component>
-  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_16" project-jdk-name="16" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
+  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_17" project-jdk-name="17" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
     <output url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/out" />
   </component>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cfccf87c1..4e29763ba 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ For more information on the security details visit [cryptomator.org](https://doc
 
 ### Dependencies
 
-* JDK 16 (e.g. adoptopenjdk)
+* JDK 17 (e.g. temurin)
 * Maven 3
 * Optional: OS-dependent build tools for native packaging (see [Windows](https://github.com/cryptomator/cryptomator-win), [OS X](https://github.com/cryptomator/cryptomator-osx), [Linux](https://github.com/cryptomator/builder-containers))
 
diff --git a/dist/linux/debian/control b/dist/linux/debian/control
index 2f9e94ac1..ef06120b3 100644
--- a/dist/linux/debian/control
+++ b/dist/linux/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: cryptomator
 Maintainer: Cryptobot <releases@cryptomator.org>
 Section: utils
 Priority: optional
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>=10), openjdk-16-jdk
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>=10), openjdk-17-jdk
 Standards-Version: 4.5.0
 Homepage: https://cryptomator.org
 Vcs-Git: https://github.com/cryptomator/cryptomator.git
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ce8a4b4d8..1fdd85d9b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		<project.jdk.version>16</project.jdk.version>
+		<project.jdk.version>17</project.jdk.version>
 
 		<!-- Group IDs of jars that need to stay on the class path for now -->
 		<nonModularGroupIds>com.github.serceman,com.github.jnr,org.ow2.asm,net.java.dev.jna,org.apache.jackrabbit,org.apache.httpcomponents,de.swiesend,org.purejava,com.github.hypfvieh</nonModularGroupIds>