diff --git a/.github/workflows/deps-scan.yml b/.github/workflows/deps-scan.yml
index 8039fa36..1366fb9b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deps-scan.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deps-scan.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        jdk: ['8']
+        jdk: ['21']
         # temurin is Eclipse/AdoptOpenJDK/Adoptium
         # zulu has 2030 EOL for JDK 8
         # 'liberica' is a preferred Spring SDK