diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 2bfc67ef..ee02a60b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4.2.1
         with:
           distribution: temurin
-          java-version: 11
+          java-version: 21
           check-latest: true
       - name: Cache scala dependencies
         uses: coursier/cache-action@v6
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        java: ['11', '17']
+        java: ['17', '21']
         scala: ['2.13.13']
     steps:
       - name: Checkout current branch
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        java: ['11', '17']
+        java: ['17', '21']
         scala: ['2.12.19', '2.13.13', '3.3.3']
         platform: ['JVM', 'JS', 'Native']
     steps:
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 4513b3b7..34cf2217 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ lazy val zioJsonInteropHttp4s = project
       "org.http4s"    %% "http4s-dsl"       % "0.23.26",
       "dev.zio"       %% "zio"              % zioVersion,
       "org.typelevel" %% "cats-effect"      % "3.4.9",
-      "dev.zio"       %% "zio-interop-cats" % "23.0.03"  % "test",
+      "dev.zio"       %% "zio-interop-cats" % "23.1.0.3" % "test",
       "dev.zio"       %% "zio-test"         % zioVersion % "test",
       "dev.zio"       %% "zio-test-sbt"     % zioVersion % "test"
     ),