diff --git a/.jcheck/conf b/.jcheck/conf
index 1064a0c9beb..9b745a0a1a3 100644
--- a/.jcheck/conf
+++ b/.jcheck/conf
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 project=jdk
 repository=playground
 jbs=JDK
+version=16
 
 [checks]
 error=author,whitespace,executable