diff --git a/scala/Dockerfile b/scala/Dockerfile
index 637f5f4de8e..5c0a528970d 100644
--- a/scala/Dockerfile
+++ b/scala/Dockerfile
@@ -12,7 +12,12 @@ COPY . ./
 
 RUN sbt universal:packageZipTarball
 
-FROM eclipse-temurin:17.0.7_7-jre-jammy
+{{#provider.default.java-version}}
+  FROM eclipse-temurin:{{{.}}}-jre-jammy
+{{/provider.default.java-version}}
+{{^provider.default.java-version}}
+  FROM eclipse-temurin:17.0.7_7-jre-jammy
+{{/provider.default.java-version}}
 
 WORKDIR /usr/src/app
 
diff --git a/scala/finatra/config.yaml b/scala/finatra/config.yaml
index 30b05400a21..054422bc4b8 100644
--- a/scala/finatra/config.yaml
+++ b/scala/finatra/config.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ provider:
     language: 2.13
 
     image-version: 2.13.10
+    java-version: 11
 
 framework:
   website: twitter.github.io/finatra/