diff --git a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
index 60ff6a3b..60ce7a42 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Java setup
         uses: actions/setup-java@v1
         with:
-          java-version: '11'
+          java-version: '21'
           java-package: jdk
 
       - name: Query dependencies
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
index 48a56396..4ad144a0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Java setup
         uses: actions/setup-java@v1
         with:
-          java-version: '11'
+          java-version: '21'
           java-package: jdk
 
       - name: Query dependencies
diff --git a/r-package/DESCRIPTION b/r-package/DESCRIPTION
index 4b2f5052..3c114898 100644
--- a/r-package/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/r-package/DESCRIPTION
@@ -68,4 +68,4 @@ VignetteBuilder:
 Encoding: UTF-8
 Roxygen: list(markdown = TRUE)
 RoxygenNote: 7.2.3
-SystemRequirements: Java JDK (>= 11.0)
+SystemRequirements: Java JDK (>= 21.0)