diff --git a/bazel.spec b/bazel.spec
index 6b072a29565..fc30cde0050 100644
--- a/bazel.spec
+++ b/bazel.spec
@@ -28,8 +28,12 @@ Patch1: bazel-absl
 
 %build
 
-export EXTRA_BAZEL_ARGS="--host_javabase=@local_jdk//:jdk --jobs %{compiling_processes}"
+export EXTRA_BAZEL_ARGS="--define=ABSOLUTE_JAVABASE=${JAVA_HOME} --jobs %{compiling_processes}"
 export BAZEL_CXXOPTS="-std=c++%{cms_cxx_standard}"
+${JAVA_HOME}/bin/java -version 2>&1 | grep -E -i 'openjdk version "[1-9]'
+if [ $(${JAVA_HOME}/bin/java -version 2>&1 | grep -E -i 'openjdk version "[1-9]' | sed -E 's|.* "([0-9]+)[.].*|\1|') -ge 17 ] ; then
+  export JNI_FLAGS="--add-opens=java.base/java.nio=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED"
+fi
 bash ./compile.sh
 
 %install
diff --git a/java-env.spec b/java-env.spec
index 2a18620a49d..75e3f1ee949 100644
--- a/java-env.spec
+++ b/java-env.spec
@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
-### RPM external java-env 11.0
+### RPM external java-env 11_17
 ## INITENV SET JAVA_HOME %{java_home}
 ## INITENV +PATH PATH %{java_home}/bin
 ## INITENV +PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH %{java_home}/lib
 ## NOCOMPILER
 
+#For RHEL: Use java 11 for el7 and java 17 for el8 and above
+#Nor non RHEL e.g FC: use default system java
 %define java_home /usr/lib/jvm/java
 %if 0%{?rhel:1}
-%if 0%{?rhel} < 9
-# /usr/lib/jvm/java on EL8 contains java 1.8, and Bazel requires java 11
+%if %{?rhel} < 8
 %define java_home /usr/lib/jvm/java-11
 %endif
+%if %{?rhel} > 7
+%define java_home /usr/lib/jvm/java-17
+%endif
 %endif
 Source: none
 
diff --git a/tensorflow-sources.file b/tensorflow-sources.file
index 6e0f891b017..ac87f1e98cc 100644
--- a/tensorflow-sources.file
+++ b/tensorflow-sources.file
@@ -42,7 +42,15 @@ export USE_DEFAULT_PYTHON_LIB_PATH=1
 export GCC_HOST_COMPILER_PATH="$(which gcc)"
 export CC_OPT_FLAGS="-Wno-sign-compare"
 
-BAZEL_OPTS="--batch --output_user_root ../build build -s --verbose_failures --distinct_host_configuration=false"
+BAZEL_OPTS="--batch --output_user_root ../build"
+# For Java17+
+if [ $(${JAVA_HOME}/bin/java -version 2>&1 | grep -E -i 'openjdk version "[1-9]' | sed -E 's|.* "([0-9]+)[.].*|\1|') -ge 17 ] ; then
+BAZEL_OPTS="$BAZEL_OPTS --host_jvm_args=--add-opens=java.base/java.nio=ALL-UNNAMED"
+BAZEL_OPTS="$BAZEL_OPTS --host_jvm_args=--add-opens=java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED"
+fi
+
+BAZEL_OPTS="$BAZEL_OPTS build -s --verbose_failures --distinct_host_configuration=false"
+
 %if "%{selected_microarch}"
 BAZEL_OPTS="$BAZEL_OPTS --copt=%{selected_microarch}"
 %if "%{selected_microarch}" != "%{default_microarch}"