diff --git a/scala/isolated-slick/build.sbt b/scala/isolated-slick/build.sbt
index 0e8af52f6..f36110470 100644
--- a/scala/isolated-slick/build.sbt
+++ b/scala/isolated-slick/build.sbt
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ val FlywayVersion = "10.21.0"
   "-Xlint",
   "-Ywarn-numeric-widen"
 )
-(ThisBuild / javacOptions) ++= Seq("--release", "11")
+(ThisBuild / javacOptions) ++= Seq("--release", "17")
 
 lazy val flyway = (project in file("modules/flyway"))
   .enablePlugins(FlywayPlugin)
diff --git a/scala/rest-api/project/Common.scala b/scala/rest-api/project/Common.scala
index b50bf264e..23522c757 100644
--- a/scala/rest-api/project/Common.scala
+++ b/scala/rest-api/project/Common.scala
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ object Common extends AutoPlugin {
   override def projectSettings = Seq(
     organization := "com.example",
     version := "1.0-SNAPSHOT",
-    javacOptions ++= Seq("--release", "11"),
+    javacOptions ++= Seq("--release", "17"),
     scalacOptions ++= Seq(
       "-release",
-      "11", // yes, this is 2 args (could also be done as -release:11 however)
+      "17", // yes, this is 2 args (could also be done as -release:17 however)
     ) ++ (CrossVersion.partialVersion(scalaVersion.value) match {
       case Some((2, _)) =>
         Seq(