diff --git a/.github/matrix-jvm-tests.json b/.github/matrix-jvm-tests.json
index 23255ead23846..62eabe7448386 100644
--- a/.github/matrix-jvm-tests.json
+++ b/.github/matrix-jvm-tests.json
@@ -1,11 +1,4 @@
 [ {
-  "name": "11",
-  "java-version": 11,
-  "maven_args": "$JVM_TEST_MAVEN_ARGS",
-  "maven_opts": "-Xmx2g -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=1g",
-  "os-name": "ubuntu-latest"
-}
-, {
   "name": "17",
   "java-version": 17,
   "maven_args": "$JVM_TEST_MAVEN_ARGS",
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-actions-incremental.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-actions-incremental.yml
index 87e5bd84f8eac..4dbb198696c6d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-actions-incremental.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-actions-incremental.yml
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Build
         run: sleep 30
-  build-jdk11:
-    name: "Initial JDK 11 Build"
+  build-jdk17:
+    name: "Initial JDK 17 Build"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     # Skip main in forks
     # Skip draft PRs and those with WIP in the subject, rerun as soon as its removed
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Gradle Enterprise environment
         run: |
-          echo "GE_TAGS=jdk-11" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          echo "GE_CUSTOM_VALUES=gh-job-name=Initial JDK 11 Build" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          echo "GE_TAGS=jdk-17" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          echo "GE_CUSTOM_VALUES=gh-job-name=Initial JDK 17 Build" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           # this is important for GIB to work
@@ -118,11 +118,11 @@ jobs:
         run: git remote show quarkusio &> /dev/null || git remote add quarkusio https://github.com/quarkusio/quarkus.git
       - name: Reclaim Disk Space
         run: .github/ci-prerequisites.sh
-      - name: Set up JDK 11
+      - name: Set up JDK 17
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: temurin
-          java-version: 11
+          java-version: 17
       - name: Generate .m2 cache key
         id: m2-cache-key
         run: |
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         if: ${{ failure() || cancelled() }}
         with:
-          name: "build-reports-Initial JDK 11 Build"
+          name: "build-reports-Initial JDK 17 Build"
           path: |
             target/build-report.json
             target/gradle-build-scan-url.txt
@@ -207,16 +207,16 @@ jobs:
         if: always()
         uses: gradle/github-actions/maven-build-scan/save@v1-beta
         with:
-          job-name: "Initial JDK 11 Build"
+          job-name: "Initial JDK 17 Build"
 
   calculate-test-jobs:
     name: Calculate Test Jobs
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     # Skip main in forks
     if: "github.repository == 'quarkusio/quarkus' || !endsWith(github.ref, '/main')"
-    needs: build-jdk11
+    needs: build-jdk17
     env:
-      GIB_IMPACTED_MODULES: ${{ needs.build-jdk11.outputs.gib_impacted }}
+      GIB_IMPACTED_MODULES: ${{ needs.build-jdk17.outputs.gib_impacted }}
     outputs:
       native_matrix: ${{ steps.calc-native-matrix.outputs.matrix }}
       jvm_matrix: ${{ steps.calc-jvm-matrix.outputs.matrix }}
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ jobs:
   jvm-tests:
     name: JVM Tests - JDK ${{matrix.java.name}}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.java.os-name }}
-    needs: [build-jdk11, calculate-test-jobs]
+    needs: [build-jdk17, calculate-test-jobs]
     # Skip main in forks
     if: "needs.calculate-test-jobs.outputs.run_jvm == 'true' && (github.repository == 'quarkusio/quarkus' || !endsWith(github.ref, '/main'))"
     timeout-minutes: 400
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: ~/.m2/repository
           # refresh cache every week to avoid unlimited growth
-          key: ${{ needs.build-jdk11.outputs.m2-cache-key }}
+          key: ${{ needs.build-jdk17.outputs.m2-cache-key }}
       - name: Download .m2/repository/io/quarkus
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ jobs:
         run: tar -xzf m2-io-quarkus.tgz -C ~
       - name: Build
         # Despite the pre-calculated run_jvm flag, GIB has to be re-run here to figure out the exact submodules to build.
-        run: ./mvnw $COMMON_MAVEN_ARGS clean install -Dsurefire.timeout=1200 -pl !integration-tests/gradle -pl !integration-tests/maven -pl !integration-tests/devmode -pl !integration-tests/devtools -Dno-test-kubernetes -pl !docs ${{ matrix.java.maven_args }} ${{ needs.build-jdk11.outputs.gib_args }}
+        run: ./mvnw $COMMON_MAVEN_ARGS clean install -Dsurefire.timeout=1200 -pl !integration-tests/gradle -pl !integration-tests/maven -pl !integration-tests/devmode -pl !integration-tests/devtools -Dno-test-kubernetes -pl !docs ${{ matrix.java.maven_args }} ${{ needs.build-jdk17.outputs.gib_args }}
       - name: Clean Gradle temp directory
         if: always()
         run: devtools/gradle/gradlew --stop && rm -rf devtools/gradle/gradle-extension-plugin/build/tmp
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: "GC log - JDK ${{matrix.java.name}}"
           path: |
-            **/windows-java-11.txt
+            **/windows-java-17.txt
             !**/build/tmp/**
           retention-days: 5
       - name: Upload build.log (if build failed)
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ jobs:
   maven-tests:
     name: Maven Tests - JDK ${{matrix.java.name}}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.java.os-name }}
-    needs: [build-jdk11, calculate-test-jobs]
+    needs: [build-jdk17, calculate-test-jobs]
     env:
       MAVEN_OPTS: -Xmx2g -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=1g
     # Skip main in forks
@@ -417,13 +417,13 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         java:
           - {
-            name: "11",
-            java-version: 11,
+            name: "17",
+            java-version: 17,
             os-name: "ubuntu-latest"
           }
           - {
-            name: "11 Windows",
-            java-version: 11,
+            name: "17 Windows",
+            java-version: 17,
             os-name: "windows-latest"
           }
     steps:
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: ~/.m2/repository
           # refresh cache every week to avoid unlimited growth
-          key: ${{ needs.build-jdk11.outputs.m2-cache-key }}
+          key: ${{ needs.build-jdk17.outputs.m2-cache-key }}
       - name: Download .m2/repository/io/quarkus
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build
         # Important: keep -pl ... in sync with "Calculate run flags"!
         # Despite the pre-calculated run_jvm flag, GIB has to be re-run here to figure out the exact submodules to build.
-        run: ./mvnw $COMMON_MAVEN_ARGS $JVM_TEST_MAVEN_ARGS clean install -pl 'integration-tests/maven' -pl 'integration-tests/devmode' ${{ needs.build-jdk11.outputs.gib_args }}
+        run: ./mvnw $COMMON_MAVEN_ARGS $JVM_TEST_MAVEN_ARGS clean install -pl 'integration-tests/maven' -pl 'integration-tests/devmode' ${{ needs.build-jdk17.outputs.gib_args }}
       - name: Prepare failure archive (if maven failed)
         if: failure()
         run: find . -name '*-reports' -type d -o -name '*.log' | tar -czf test-reports.tgz -T -
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ jobs:
   gradle-tests:
     name: Gradle Tests - JDK ${{matrix.java.name}}
     runs-on: ${{matrix.java.os-name}}
-    needs: [build-jdk11, calculate-test-jobs]
+    needs: [build-jdk17, calculate-test-jobs]
     env:
       # leave more space for the actual gradle execution (which is just wrapped by maven)
       MAVEN_OPTS: -Xmx1g
@@ -511,13 +511,13 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         java:
           - {
-            name: "11",
-            java-version: 11,
+            name: "17",
+            java-version: 17,
             os-name: "ubuntu-latest"
           }
           - {
-            name: "11 Windows",
-            java-version: 11,
+            name: "17 Windows",
+            java-version: 17,
             os-name: "windows-latest"
           }
     steps:
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: ~/.m2/repository
           # refresh cache every week to avoid unlimited growth
-          key: ${{ needs.build-jdk11.outputs.m2-cache-key }}
+          key: ${{ needs.build-jdk17.outputs.m2-cache-key }}
       - name: Download .m2/repository/io/quarkus
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ jobs:
   devtools-tests:
     name: Devtools Tests - JDK ${{matrix.java.name}}
     runs-on: ${{matrix.java.os-name}}
-    needs: [build-jdk11, calculate-test-jobs]
+    needs: [build-jdk17, calculate-test-jobs]
     # Skip main in forks
     if: "needs.calculate-test-jobs.outputs.run_devtools == 'true' && (github.repository == 'quarkusio/quarkus' || !endsWith(github.ref, '/main'))"
     timeout-minutes: 60
@@ -585,18 +585,18 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         java:
           - {
-            name: "11",
-            java-version: 11,
+            name: "7",
+            java-version: 17,
             os-name: "ubuntu-latest"
           }
           - {
-            name: "17",
-            java-version: 17,
+            name: "21",
+            java-version: 21,
             os-name: "ubuntu-latest"
           }
           - {
-            name: "11 Windows",
-            java-version: 11,
+            name: "17 Windows",
+            java-version: 17,
             os-name: "windows-latest"
           }
     steps:
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: ~/.m2/repository
           # refresh cache every week to avoid unlimited growth
-          key: ${{ needs.build-jdk11.outputs.m2-cache-key }}
+          key: ${{ needs.build-jdk17.outputs.m2-cache-key }}
       - name: Download .m2/repository/io/quarkus
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ jobs:
   kubernetes-tests:
     name: Kubernetes Tests - JDK ${{matrix.java.name}}
     runs-on: ${{matrix.java.os-name}}
-    needs: [build-jdk11, calculate-test-jobs]
+    needs: [build-jdk17, calculate-test-jobs]
     # Skip main in forks
     if: "needs.calculate-test-jobs.outputs.run_kubernetes == 'true' && (github.repository == 'quarkusio/quarkus' || !endsWith(github.ref, '/main'))"
     timeout-minutes: 40
@@ -668,18 +668,18 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         java:
           - {
-            name: "11",
-            java-version: 11,
+            name: "17",
+            java-version: 17,
             os-name: "ubuntu-latest"
           }
           - {
-            name: "17",
-            java-version: 17,
+            name: "21",
+            java-version: 21,
             os-name: "ubuntu-latest"
           }
           - {
-            name: "11 Windows",
-            java-version: 11,
+            name: "17 Windows",
+            java-version: 17,
             os-name: "windows-latest"
           }
     steps:
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: ~/.m2/repository
           # refresh cache every week to avoid unlimited growth
-          key: ${{ needs.build-jdk11.outputs.m2-cache-key }}
+          key: ${{ needs.build-jdk17.outputs.m2-cache-key }}
       - name: Download .m2/repository/io/quarkus
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ jobs:
   quickstarts-tests:
     name: Quickstarts Compilation - JDK ${{matrix.java.name}}
     runs-on: ${{matrix.java.os-name}}
-    needs: [build-jdk11, calculate-test-jobs]
+    needs: [build-jdk17, calculate-test-jobs]
     # Skip main in forks
     if: "needs.calculate-test-jobs.outputs.run_quickstarts == 'true' && (github.repository == 'quarkusio/quarkus' || !endsWith(github.ref, '/main'))"
     timeout-minutes: 90
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: ~/.m2/repository
           # refresh cache every week to avoid unlimited growth
-          key: ${{ needs.build-jdk11.outputs.m2-cache-key }}
+          key: ${{ needs.build-jdk17.outputs.m2-cache-key }}
       - name: Download .m2/repository/io/quarkus
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ jobs:
   virtual-thread-native-tests:
     name: Native Tests - Virtual Thread - ${{matrix.category}}
     runs-on: ${{matrix.os-name}}
-    needs: [build-jdk11, calculate-test-jobs]
+    needs: [build-jdk17, calculate-test-jobs]
     # Skip main in forks
     if: "needs.calculate-test-jobs.outputs.virtual_threads_matrix != '{}' && (github.repository == 'quarkusio/quarkus' || !endsWith(github.ref, '/main'))"
     timeout-minutes: ${{matrix.timeout}}
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: ~/.m2/repository
           # refresh cache every week to avoid unlimited growth
-          key: ${{ needs.build-jdk11.outputs.m2-cache-key }}
+          key: ${{ needs.build-jdk17.outputs.m2-cache-key }}
       - name: Download .m2/repository/io/quarkus
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ jobs:
 
   tcks-test:
     name: MicroProfile TCKs Tests
-    needs: [build-jdk11, calculate-test-jobs]
+    needs: [build-jdk17, calculate-test-jobs]
     # Skip main in forks
     if: "needs.calculate-test-jobs.outputs.run_tcks == 'true' && (github.repository == 'quarkusio/quarkus' || !endsWith(github.ref, '/main'))"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -872,7 +872,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Gradle Enterprise environment
         run: |
-          echo "GE_TAGS=jdk-11" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          echo "GE_TAGS=jdk-17" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
           echo "GE_CUSTOM_VALUES=gh-job-name=MicroProfile TCKs Tests" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
@@ -882,17 +882,17 @@ jobs:
         run: git remote show quarkusio &> /dev/null || git remote add quarkusio https://github.com/quarkusio/quarkus.git
       - name: Reclaim Disk Space
         run: .github/ci-prerequisites.sh
-      - name: Set up JDK 11
+      - name: Set up JDK 17
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: temurin
-          java-version: 11
+          java-version: 17
       - name: Restore Maven Repository
         uses: actions/cache/restore@v3
         with:
           path: ~/.m2/repository
           # refresh cache every week to avoid unlimited growth
-          key: ${{ needs.build-jdk11.outputs.m2-cache-key }}
+          key: ${{ needs.build-jdk17.outputs.m2-cache-key }}
       - name: Download .m2/repository/io/quarkus
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
@@ -903,7 +903,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Verify
         # Important: keep -pl ... in sync with "Calculate run flags"!
         # Despite the pre-calculated run_tcks flag, GIB has to be re-run here to figure out the exact tcks submodules to build.
-        run: ./mvnw $COMMON_MAVEN_ARGS -Dtcks -pl tcks -amd clean install ${{ needs.build-jdk11.outputs.gib_args }}
+        run: ./mvnw $COMMON_MAVEN_ARGS -Dtcks -pl tcks -amd clean install ${{ needs.build-jdk17.outputs.gib_args }}
       - name: Verify resteasy-reative dependencies
         # note: ideally, this would be run _before_ mvnw but that would required building tcks/resteasy-reactive in two steps
         run: ./tcks/resteasy-reactive/update-dependencies.sh $COMMON_MAVEN_ARGS
@@ -936,7 +936,7 @@ jobs:
 
   native-tests:
     name: Native Tests - ${{matrix.category}}
-    needs: [build-jdk11, calculate-test-jobs]
+    needs: [build-jdk17, calculate-test-jobs]
     runs-on: ${{matrix.os-name}}
     env:
       # leave more space for the actual native compilation and execution
@@ -962,11 +962,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Reclaim Disk Space
         run: .github/ci-prerequisites.sh
         if: ${{ !startsWith(matrix.os-name, 'windows') }}
-      - name: Set up JDK 11
+      - name: Set up JDK 17
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: temurin
-          java-version: 11
+          java-version: 17
       - name: Install cl.exe
         if: startsWith(matrix.os-name, 'windows')
         uses: ilammy/msvc-dev-cmd@v1
@@ -990,7 +990,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: ~/.m2/repository
           # refresh cache every week to avoid unlimited growth
-          key: ${{ needs.build-jdk11.outputs.m2-cache-key }}
+          key: ${{ needs.build-jdk17.outputs.m2-cache-key }}
       - name: Download .m2/repository/io/quarkus
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
@@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@ jobs:
   build-report:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     name: Build report
-    needs: [build-jdk11,jvm-tests,maven-tests,gradle-tests,devtools-tests,kubernetes-tests,quickstarts-tests,tcks-test,native-tests,virtual-thread-native-tests]
+    needs: [build-jdk17,jvm-tests,maven-tests,gradle-tests,devtools-tests,kubernetes-tests,quickstarts-tests,tcks-test,native-tests,virtual-thread-native-tests]
     if: always()
     steps:
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-fork-mvn-cache.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-fork-mvn-cache.yml
index db85bfce4f145..dd8140e97fc3c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-fork-mvn-cache.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-fork-mvn-cache.yml
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ concurrency:
 env:
   LANG: en_US.UTF-8
 jobs:
-  build-jdk11:
-    name: "Quick JDK 11 Build"
+  build-jdk17:
+    name: "Quick JDK 17 Build"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     # Skip in main repo
     if: github.repository != 'quarkusio/quarkus'
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Reclaim Disk Space
         run: .github/ci-prerequisites.sh
-      - name: Set up JDK 11
+      - name: Set up JDK 17
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: temurin
-          java-version: 11
+          java-version: 17
       - name: Get Date
         id: get-date
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index f69b8e03d8919..2f7c5e36cda32 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/setup-java@v4
       with:
         distribution: temurin
-        java-version: 11
+        java-version: 17
 
     # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
     - name: Initialize CodeQL
@@ -43,14 +43,14 @@ jobs:
       with:
         languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
         # If you wish to specify custom queries, you can do so here or in a config file.
-        # By default, queries listed here will override any specified in a config file. 
+        # By default, queries listed here will override any specified in a config file.
         # Prefix the list here with "+" to use these queries and those in the config file.
         # queries: ./path/to/local/query, your-org/your-repo/queries@main
 
     # Autobuild attempts to build any compiled languages  (C/C++, C#, or Java).
     # If this step fails, then you should remove it and run the build manually (see below)
 
-    - if: matrix.language == 'java' 
+    - if: matrix.language == 'java'
       name: Build Java
       run: ./mvnw -B --settings .github/mvn-settings.xml -Dquickly-ci install
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-snapshots.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-snapshots.yml
index 1db60e3d27755..0f439b840b711 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-snapshots.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-snapshots.yml
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ jobs:
           ref: main
       - name: Reclaim Disk Space
         run: .github/ci-prerequisites.sh
-      - name: Set up JDK 11
+      - name: Set up JDK 17
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: temurin
-          java-version: 11
+          java-version: 17
       - name: Get Date
         id: get-date
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/doc-build.yml b/.github/workflows/doc-build.yml
index f230730da8a0c..80e6c455edb4e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/doc-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/doc-build.yml
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ jobs:
     if: "github.repository == 'quarkusio/quarkus' || !endsWith(github.ref, '/main')"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Set up JDK 11
+      - name: Set up JDK 17
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: temurin
-          java-version: 11
+          java-version: 17
       - name: Get Date
         id: get-date
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/owasp-check.yml b/.github/workflows/owasp-check.yml
index 54503dacca20d..a03900952b881 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/owasp-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/owasp-check.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
-    
+
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/setup-java@v4
       with:
         distribution: temurin
-        java-version: 11
+        java-version: 17
 
 
     - name: Build Java
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-build.yml b/.github/workflows/release-build.yml
index 297827d13c47e..33adbbdecaa23 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-build.yml
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ jobs:
           ref: main
       - name: Reclaim Disk Space
         run: .github/ci-prerequisites.sh
-      - name: Set up JDK 11
+      - name: Set up JDK 17
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: temurin
-          java-version: 11
+          java-version: 17
       - name: Create maven repo
         run: mkdir -p $HOME/release/repository
       - name: Build and Test
diff --git a/build-parent/pom.xml b/build-parent/pom.xml
index 1b1d221bba2f4..ff016123ba2c1 100644
--- a/build-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/build-parent/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         <compiler-plugin.version>3.11.0</compiler-plugin.version>
         <kotlin.version>1.9.21</kotlin.version>
         <dokka.version>1.9.10</dokka.version>
-        <scala.version>2.13.8</scala.version>
+        <scala.version>2.13.12</scala.version>
         <scala-maven-plugin.version>4.8.1</scala-maven-plugin.version>
         <!-- not pretty but this is used in the codestarts and we don't want to break compatibility -->
         <scala-plugin.version>${scala-maven-plugin.version}</scala-plugin.version>
@@ -1114,12 +1114,12 @@
                             </execution>
                         </executions>
                         <configuration>
-                            <jdkVersion>11</jdkVersion>
+                            <jdkVersion>17</jdkVersion>
                             <outputFormat>html</outputFormat>
                             <externalDocumentationLinks>
                                 <link>
                                     <!-- Root URL of the generated documentation to link with. The trailing slash is required! -->
-                                    <url>https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/</url>
+                                    <url>https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/17/docs/api/</url>
                                 </link>
                             </externalDocumentationLinks>
                         </configuration>
diff --git a/devtools/cli/src/test/java/io/quarkus/cli/CliProjectGradleTest.java b/devtools/cli/src/test/java/io/quarkus/cli/CliProjectGradleTest.java
index a0ae6007a5de8..354ed4055f511 100644
--- a/devtools/cli/src/test/java/io/quarkus/cli/CliProjectGradleTest.java
+++ b/devtools/cli/src/test/java/io/quarkus/cli/CliProjectGradleTest.java
@@ -400,25 +400,26 @@ public void testCreateArgPassthrough() throws Exception {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testCreateArgJava11() throws Exception {
+    public void testCreateArgJava17() throws Exception {
         CliDriver.Result result = CliDriver.execute(workspaceRoot, "create", "app", "--gradle",
                 "-e", "-B", "--verbose",
-                "--java", "11");
+                "--java", "17");
 
         // We don't need to retest this, just need to make sure all the arguments were passed through
         Assertions.assertEquals(CommandLine.ExitCode.OK, result.exitCode, "Expected OK return code." + result);
 
         Path buildGradle = project.resolve("build.gradle");
         String buildGradleContent = CliDriver.readFileAsString(buildGradle);
-        Assertions.assertTrue(buildGradleContent.contains("sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11"),
-                "Java 11 should be used when specified. Found:\n" + buildGradle);
+
+        Assertions.assertTrue(buildGradleContent.contains("sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17"),
+                "Java 17 should be used when specified. Found:\n" + buildGradleContent);
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testCreateArgJava17() throws Exception {
+    public void testCreateArgJava21() throws Exception {
         CliDriver.Result result = CliDriver.execute(workspaceRoot, "create", "app", "--gradle",
                 "-e", "-B", "--verbose",
-                "--java", "17");
+                "--java", "21");
 
         // We don't need to retest this, just need to make sure all the arguments were passed through
         Assertions.assertEquals(CommandLine.ExitCode.OK, result.exitCode, "Expected OK return code." + result);
@@ -426,8 +427,8 @@ public void testCreateArgJava17() throws Exception {
         Path buildGradle = project.resolve("build.gradle");
         String buildGradleContent = CliDriver.readFileAsString(buildGradle);
 
-        Assertions.assertTrue(buildGradleContent.contains("sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17"),
-                "Java 17 should be used when specified. Found:\n" + buildGradleContent);
+        Assertions.assertTrue(buildGradleContent.contains("sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_21"),
+                "Java 21 should be used when specified. Found:\n" + buildGradleContent);
     }
 
     String validateBasicGradleGroovyIdentifiers(Path project, String group, String artifact, String version) throws Exception {
diff --git a/devtools/cli/src/test/java/io/quarkus/cli/CliProjectJBangTest.java b/devtools/cli/src/test/java/io/quarkus/cli/CliProjectJBangTest.java
index 5a48ea499205b..7b585873e9053 100644
--- a/devtools/cli/src/test/java/io/quarkus/cli/CliProjectJBangTest.java
+++ b/devtools/cli/src/test/java/io/quarkus/cli/CliProjectJBangTest.java
@@ -168,34 +168,33 @@ public void testBuildOptions() throws Exception {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testCreateArgJava11() throws Exception {
+    public void testCreateArgJava17() throws Exception {
         CliDriver.Result result = CliDriver.execute(workspaceRoot, "create", "app", "--jbang",
                 "-e", "-B", "--verbose",
-                "--java", "11");
+                "--java", "17");
 
         // We don't need to retest this, just need to make sure all the arguments were passed through
         Assertions.assertEquals(CommandLine.ExitCode.OK, result.exitCode, "Expected OK return code." + result);
 
         Path javaMain = validateJBangSourcePackage(project, ""); // no package name
-
         String source = CliDriver.readFileAsString(javaMain);
-        Assertions.assertTrue(source.contains("//JAVA 11"),
-                "Generated source should contain //JAVA 11. Found:\n" + source);
+        Assertions.assertTrue(source.contains("//JAVA 17"),
+                "Generated source should contain //JAVA 17. Found:\n" + source);
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testCreateArgJava17() throws Exception {
+    public void testCreateArgJava21() throws Exception {
         CliDriver.Result result = CliDriver.execute(workspaceRoot, "create", "app", "--jbang",
                 "-e", "-B", "--verbose",
-                "--java", "17");
+                "--java", "21");
 
         // We don't need to retest this, just need to make sure all the arguments were passed through
         Assertions.assertEquals(CommandLine.ExitCode.OK, result.exitCode, "Expected OK return code." + result);
 
         Path javaMain = validateJBangSourcePackage(project, ""); // no package name
         String source = CliDriver.readFileAsString(javaMain);
-        Assertions.assertTrue(source.contains("//JAVA 17"),
-                "Generated source should contain //JAVA 17. Found:\n" + source);
+        Assertions.assertTrue(source.contains("//JAVA 21"),
+                "Generated source should contain //JAVA 21. Found:\n" + source);
     }
 
     void validateBasicIdentifiers(Path project, String group, String artifact, String version) throws Exception {
diff --git a/devtools/cli/src/test/java/io/quarkus/cli/CliProjectMavenTest.java b/devtools/cli/src/test/java/io/quarkus/cli/CliProjectMavenTest.java
index d8782c4f1b0d2..4e86fcf46e1a0 100644
--- a/devtools/cli/src/test/java/io/quarkus/cli/CliProjectMavenTest.java
+++ b/devtools/cli/src/test/java/io/quarkus/cli/CliProjectMavenTest.java
@@ -349,10 +349,10 @@ public void testCreateArgPassthrough() throws Exception {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testCreateArgJava11() throws Exception {
+    public void testCreateArgJava17() throws Exception {
         CliDriver.Result result = CliDriver.execute(workspaceRoot, "create", "app",
                 "-e", "-B", "--verbose",
-                "--java", "11");
+                "--java", "17");
 
         // We don't need to retest this, just need to make sure all the arguments were passed through
         Assertions.assertEquals(CommandLine.ExitCode.OK, result.exitCode, "Expected OK return code." + result);
@@ -360,15 +360,15 @@ public void testCreateArgJava11() throws Exception {
         Path pom = project.resolve("pom.xml");
         String pomContent = CliDriver.readFileAsString(pom);
 
-        Assertions.assertTrue(pomContent.contains("maven.compiler.release>11<"),
-                "Java 11 should be used when specified. Found:\n" + pomContent);
+        Assertions.assertTrue(pomContent.contains("maven.compiler.release>17<"),
+                "Java 17 should be used when specified. Found:\n" + pomContent);
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testCreateArgJava17() throws Exception {
+    public void testCreateArgJava21() throws Exception {
         CliDriver.Result result = CliDriver.execute(workspaceRoot, "create", "app",
                 "-e", "-B", "--verbose",
-                "--java", "17");
+                "--java", "21");
 
         // We don't need to retest this, just need to make sure all the arguments were passed through
         Assertions.assertEquals(CommandLine.ExitCode.OK, result.exitCode, "Expected OK return code." + result);
@@ -376,8 +376,8 @@ public void testCreateArgJava17() throws Exception {
         Path pom = project.resolve("pom.xml");
         String pomContent = CliDriver.readFileAsString(pom);
 
-        Assertions.assertTrue(pomContent.contains("maven.compiler.release>17<"),
-                "Java 17 should be used when specified. Found:\n" + pomContent);
+        Assertions.assertTrue(pomContent.contains("maven.compiler.release>21<"),
+                "Java 21 should be used when specified. Found:\n" + pomContent);
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/devtools/maven/pom.xml b/devtools/maven/pom.xml
index ef37e2bdde26d..e29c8f896b6fa 100644
--- a/devtools/maven/pom.xml
+++ b/devtools/maven/pom.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
     <name>Quarkus - Maven Plugin</name>
 
     <properties>
+        <!-- Not sure exactly why but the Maven plugins need to be compiled with Java 11 -->
+        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
+
         <quarkus.version>${project.version}</quarkus.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/building-my-first-extension.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/building-my-first-extension.adoc
index e3a4f2d30aeca..a6423f43aa8dd 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/building-my-first-extension.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/building-my-first-extension.adoc
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ Your extension is a multi-module project. So let's start by checking out the par
   <properties>
     <compiler-plugin.version>3.11.0</compiler-plugin.version><!--2-->
     <failsafe-plugin.version>${surefire-plugin.version}</failsafe-plugin.version>
-    <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
+    <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <quarkus.version>{quarkus-version}</quarkus.version>
diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/jreleaser.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/jreleaser.adoc
index afe40f060fac7..bd60c76532354 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/jreleaser.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/jreleaser.adoc
@@ -621,8 +621,8 @@ As a reference, these are the full contents of the `pom.xml`:
     <distribution.directory>${project.build.directory}/distributions</distribution.directory>
     <compiler-plugin.version>3.11.0</compiler-plugin.version>
     <maven.compiler.parameters>true</maven.compiler.parameters>
-    <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+    <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <quarkus.platform.artifact-id>quarkus-bom</quarkus.platform.artifact-id>
diff --git a/extensions/amazon-lambda-http/maven-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/extensions/amazon-lambda-http/maven-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 60ac4b04c37a8..1cefbfdac67cf 100644
--- a/extensions/amazon-lambda-http/maven-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/amazon-lambda-http/maven-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
         <assembly-plugin.version>3.1.0</assembly-plugin.version>
         <compiler-plugin.version>3.11.0</compiler-plugin.version>
         <maven.compiler.parameters>true</maven.compiler.parameters>
-        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
-        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <quarkus-plugin.version>999-SNAPSHOT</quarkus-plugin.version>
diff --git a/extensions/amazon-lambda-rest/maven-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/extensions/amazon-lambda-rest/maven-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 80fb04957d4b0..dbf8f6d16d12e 100644
--- a/extensions/amazon-lambda-rest/maven-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/amazon-lambda-rest/maven-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
         <assembly-plugin.version>3.1.0</assembly-plugin.version>
         <compiler-plugin.version>3.11.0</compiler-plugin.version>
         <maven.compiler.parameters>true</maven.compiler.parameters>
-        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
-        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <quarkus-plugin.version>999-SNAPSHOT</quarkus-plugin.version>
diff --git a/extensions/amazon-lambda/maven-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/extensions/amazon-lambda/maven-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 7a0b9e4544cc1..4cc069988466d 100644
--- a/extensions/amazon-lambda/maven-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/amazon-lambda/maven-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
     <properties>
         <compiler-plugin.version>3.11.0</compiler-plugin.version>
         <maven.compiler.parameters>true</maven.compiler.parameters>
-        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
-        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <quarkus-plugin.version>999-SNAPSHOT</quarkus-plugin.version>
diff --git a/extensions/container-image/container-image-docker/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/container/image/docker/deployment/RedHatOpenJDKRuntimeBaseProviderTest.java b/extensions/container-image/container-image-docker/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/container/image/docker/deployment/RedHatOpenJDKRuntimeBaseProviderTest.java
index 6114615670116..bbb55c3e1ec94 100644
--- a/extensions/container-image/container-image-docker/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/container/image/docker/deployment/RedHatOpenJDKRuntimeBaseProviderTest.java
+++ b/extensions/container-image/container-image-docker/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/container/image/docker/deployment/RedHatOpenJDKRuntimeBaseProviderTest.java
@@ -11,16 +11,6 @@ class RedHatOpenJDKRuntimeBaseProviderTest {
 
     private final DockerFileBaseInformationProvider sut = new RedHatOpenJDKRuntimeBaseProvider();
 
-    @Test
-    void testImageWithJava11() {
-        Path path = getPath("openjdk-11-runtime");
-        var result = sut.determine(path);
-        assertThat(result).hasValueSatisfying(v -> {
-            assertThat(v.getBaseImage()).isEqualTo("registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/openjdk-11-runtime:1.18");
-            assertThat(v.getJavaVersion()).isEqualTo(11);
-        });
-    }
-
     @Test
     void testImageWithJava17() {
         Path path = getPath("openjdk-17-runtime");
@@ -43,7 +33,7 @@ void testImageWithJava21() {
 
     @Test
     void testUnhandled() {
-        Path path = getPath("ubi-java11");
+        Path path = getPath("ubi-java17");
         var result = sut.determine(path);
         assertThat(result).isEmpty();
     }
diff --git a/extensions/container-image/container-image-docker/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/container/image/docker/deployment/UbiMinimalBaseProviderTest.java b/extensions/container-image/container-image-docker/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/container/image/docker/deployment/UbiMinimalBaseProviderTest.java
index 29c266279ac38..a1b4b9d6747a4 100644
--- a/extensions/container-image/container-image-docker/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/container/image/docker/deployment/UbiMinimalBaseProviderTest.java
+++ b/extensions/container-image/container-image-docker/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/container/image/docker/deployment/UbiMinimalBaseProviderTest.java
@@ -11,16 +11,6 @@ class UbiMinimalBaseProviderTest {
 
     private final DockerFileBaseInformationProvider sut = new UbiMinimalBaseProvider();
 
-    @Test
-    void testImageWithJava11() {
-        Path path = getPath("ubi-java11");
-        var result = sut.determine(path);
-        assertThat(result).hasValueSatisfying(v -> {
-            assertThat(v.getBaseImage()).isEqualTo("registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/ubi-minimal:8.9");
-            assertThat(v.getJavaVersion()).isEqualTo(11);
-        });
-    }
-
     @Test
     void testImageWithJava17() {
         Path path = getPath("ubi-java17");
@@ -43,7 +33,7 @@ void testImageWithJava21() {
 
     @Test
     void testUnhandled() {
-        Path path = getPath("openjdk-11-runtime");
+        Path path = getPath("openjdk-17-runtime");
         var result = sut.determine(path);
         assertThat(result).isEmpty();
     }
diff --git a/extensions/container-image/container-image-docker/deployment/src/test/resources/openjdk-11-runtime b/extensions/container-image/container-image-docker/deployment/src/test/resources/openjdk-11-runtime
deleted file mode 100644
index eb3b9e643de4c..0000000000000
--- a/extensions/container-image/container-image-docker/deployment/src/test/resources/openjdk-11-runtime
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/openjdk-11-runtime:1.18
-
-ENV LANG='en_US.UTF-8' LANGUAGE='en_US:en'
-
-# Append additional options to the java process, you can add -XshowSettings:vm to also display the heap size.
-ENV JAVA_OPTS_APPEND="-Dquarkus.http.host=0.0.0.0 -Djava.util.logging.manager=org.jboss.logmanager.LogManager"
-
-# We make four distinct layers so if there are application changes the library layers can be re-used
-COPY --chown=185 target/quarkus-app/lib/ /deployments/lib/
-COPY --chown=185 target/quarkus-app/*.jar /deployments/
-COPY --chown=185 target/quarkus-app/app/ /deployments/app/
-COPY --chown=185 target/quarkus-app/quarkus/ /deployments/quarkus/
-
-EXPOSE 8080
-USER 185
-
-ENTRYPOINT [ "java", "-jar", "/deployments/quarkus-run.jar" ]
diff --git a/extensions/container-image/container-image-docker/deployment/src/test/resources/openjdk-17-runtime b/extensions/container-image/container-image-docker/deployment/src/test/resources/openjdk-17-runtime
index 14f5d447dbd36..9bc56f98c9d33 100644
--- a/extensions/container-image/container-image-docker/deployment/src/test/resources/openjdk-17-runtime
+++ b/extensions/container-image/container-image-docker/deployment/src/test/resources/openjdk-17-runtime
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# Use Java 17 base image
 FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/openjdk-17-runtime:1.18
 
 ENV LANG='en_US.UTF-8' LANGUAGE='en_US:en'
diff --git a/extensions/container-image/container-image-docker/deployment/src/test/resources/ubi-java11 b/extensions/container-image/container-image-docker/deployment/src/test/resources/ubi-java11
deleted file mode 100644
index 64397357e0628..0000000000000
--- a/extensions/container-image/container-image-docker/deployment/src/test/resources/ubi-java11
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/ubi-minimal:8.9
-
-ARG JAVA_PACKAGE=java-11-openjdk-headless
-ARG RUN_JAVA_VERSION=1.3.8
-ENV LANG='en_US.UTF-8' LANGUAGE='en_US:en'
-# Install java and the run-java script
-# Also set up permissions for user `1001`
-RUN microdnf install curl ca-certificates ${JAVA_PACKAGE} \
-    && microdnf update \
-    && microdnf clean all \
-    && mkdir /deployments \
-    && chown 1001 /deployments \
-    && chmod "g+rwX" /deployments \
-    && chown 1001:root /deployments \
-    && curl https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/io/fabric8/run-java-sh/${RUN_JAVA_VERSION}/run-java-sh-${RUN_JAVA_VERSION}-sh.sh -o /deployments/run-java.sh \
-    && chown 1001 /deployments/run-java.sh \
-    && chmod 540 /deployments/run-java.sh \
-    && echo "securerandom.source=file:/dev/urandom" >> /etc/alternatives/jre/lib/security/java.security
-
-# Configure the JAVA_OPTIONS, you can add -XshowSettings:vm to also display the heap size.
-ENV JAVA_OPTIONS="-Dquarkus.http.host=0.0.0.0 -Djava.util.logging.manager=org.jboss.logmanager.LogManager"
-# We make four distinct layers so if there are application changes the library layers can be re-used
-COPY --chown=1001 target/quarkus-app/lib/ /deployments/lib/
-COPY --chown=1001 target/quarkus-app/*.jar /deployments/
-COPY --chown=1001 target/quarkus-app/app/ /deployments/app/
-COPY --chown=1001 target/quarkus-app/quarkus/ /deployments/quarkus/
-
-EXPOSE 8080
-USER 1001
-
-ENTRYPOINT [ "/deployments/run-java.sh" ]
diff --git a/extensions/container-image/container-image-jib/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/jib/deployment/ContainerImageJibConfig.java b/extensions/container-image/container-image-jib/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/jib/deployment/ContainerImageJibConfig.java
index b79d0303741fe..8ff58ffc172a7 100644
--- a/extensions/container-image/container-image-jib/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/jib/deployment/ContainerImageJibConfig.java
+++ b/extensions/container-image/container-image-jib/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/jib/deployment/ContainerImageJibConfig.java
@@ -18,10 +18,7 @@ public class ContainerImageJibConfig {
      *
      * When the application is built against Java 21 or higher, {@code registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/openjdk-21-runtime:1.18}
      * is used as the default.
-     * When the application is built against Java 17 or higher (but less than 21),
-     * {@code registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/openjdk-17-runtime:1.18}
-     * is used as the default.
-     * Otherwise {@code registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/openjdk-11-runtime:1.18} is used as the default.
+     * Otherwise {@code registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/openjdk-17-runtime:1.18} is used as the default.
      */
     @ConfigItem
     public Optional<String> baseJvmImage;
diff --git a/extensions/container-image/container-image-jib/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/jib/deployment/JibProcessor.java b/extensions/container-image/container-image-jib/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/jib/deployment/JibProcessor.java
index c3cb77ddc4a16..9cc7ec5945ad3 100644
--- a/extensions/container-image/container-image-jib/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/jib/deployment/JibProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/container-image/container-image-jib/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/jib/deployment/JibProcessor.java
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ public class JibProcessor {
 
     private static final String JAVA_21_BASE_IMAGE = "registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/openjdk-21-runtime:1.18";
     private static final String JAVA_17_BASE_IMAGE = "registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/openjdk-17-runtime:1.18";
-    private static final String JAVA_11_BASE_IMAGE = "registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/openjdk-11-runtime:1.18";
 
     private static final String DEFAULT_BASE_IMAGE_USER = "185";
 
@@ -139,10 +138,7 @@ private String determineBaseJvmImage(ContainerImageJibConfig jibConfig, Compiled
         if (javaVersion.isJava21OrHigher() == CompiledJavaVersionBuildItem.JavaVersion.Status.TRUE) {
             return JAVA_21_BASE_IMAGE;
         }
-        if (javaVersion.isJava17OrHigher() == CompiledJavaVersionBuildItem.JavaVersion.Status.TRUE) {
-            return JAVA_17_BASE_IMAGE;
-        }
-        return JAVA_11_BASE_IMAGE;
+        return JAVA_17_BASE_IMAGE;
     }
 
     @BuildStep(onlyIf = { IsNormal.class, JibBuild.class }, onlyIfNot = NativeBuild.class)
diff --git a/extensions/container-image/container-image-openshift/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/openshift/deployment/ContainerImageOpenshiftConfig.java b/extensions/container-image/container-image-openshift/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/openshift/deployment/ContainerImageOpenshiftConfig.java
index f049d4a6692fe..c8ad868835b6d 100644
--- a/extensions/container-image/container-image-openshift/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/openshift/deployment/ContainerImageOpenshiftConfig.java
+++ b/extensions/container-image/container-image-openshift/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/openshift/deployment/ContainerImageOpenshiftConfig.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 @ConfigRoot(name = "openshift", phase = ConfigPhase.BUILD_TIME)
 public class ContainerImageOpenshiftConfig {
 
-    public static final String DEFAULT_BASE_JVM_JDK11_IMAGE = "registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/openjdk-11:1.18";
     public static final String DEFAULT_BASE_JVM_JDK17_IMAGE = "registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/openjdk-17:1.18";
     public static final String DEFAULT_BASE_JVM_JDK21_IMAGE = "registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/openjdk-21:1.18";
 
@@ -33,11 +32,8 @@ public class ContainerImageOpenshiftConfig {
     public static String getDefaultJvmImage(CompiledJavaVersionBuildItem.JavaVersion version) {
         if (version.isJava21OrHigher() == CompiledJavaVersionBuildItem.JavaVersion.Status.TRUE) {
             return DEFAULT_BASE_JVM_JDK21_IMAGE;
-        } else if (version.isJava17OrHigher() == CompiledJavaVersionBuildItem.JavaVersion.Status.TRUE) {
-            return DEFAULT_BASE_JVM_JDK17_IMAGE;
-        } else {
-            return DEFAULT_BASE_JVM_JDK11_IMAGE;
         }
+        return DEFAULT_BASE_JVM_JDK17_IMAGE;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -53,9 +49,7 @@ public static String getDefaultJvmImage(CompiledJavaVersionBuildItem.JavaVersion
      * instead.
      * When the application is built against Java 21 or higher, {@code registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/openjdk-21:1.18}
      * is used as the default.
-     * When the application is built against Java [17, 20], {@code registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/openjdk-17:1.18}
-     * is used as the default.
-     * Otherwise {@code registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/openjdk-11:1.18} is used as the default.
+     * Otherwise {@code registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/openjdk-17:1.18} is used as the default.
      */
     @ConfigItem
     public Optional<String> baseJvmImage;
diff --git a/extensions/container-image/container-image-openshift/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/openshift/deployment/S2iBaseJavaImage.java b/extensions/container-image/container-image-openshift/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/openshift/deployment/S2iBaseJavaImage.java
index 138292aaf28a8..5512d7725407c 100644
--- a/extensions/container-image/container-image-openshift/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/openshift/deployment/S2iBaseJavaImage.java
+++ b/extensions/container-image/container-image-openshift/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/openshift/deployment/S2iBaseJavaImage.java
@@ -8,23 +8,7 @@
 public enum S2iBaseJavaImage {
 
     //We only compare `repositories` so registries and tags are stripped
-    FABRIC8("fabric8/s2i-java:latest", "JAVA_MAIN_CLASS", "JAVA_APP_JAR", "JAVA_LIB_DIR", "JAVA_CLASSPATH", "JAVA_OPTIONS"),
-    OPENJDK_8_RHEL7("redhat-openjdk-18/openjdk18-openshift:latest", "JAVA_MAIN_CLASS", "JAVA_APP_JAR", "JAVA_LIB_DIR",
-            "JAVA_CLASSPATH", "JAVA_OPTIONS"),
-    OPENJDK_8_RHEL8("openjdk/openjdk-8-rhel8:latest", "JAVA_MAIN_CLASS", "JAVA_APP_JAR", "JAVA_LIB_DIR", "JAVA_CLASSPATH",
-            "JAVA_OPTIONS"),
-    OPENJDK_11_RHEL7("openjdk/openjdk-11-rhel7:latest", "JAVA_MAIN_CLASS", "JAVA_APP_JAR", "JAVA_LIB_DIR", "JAVA_CLASSPATH",
-            "JAVA_OPTIONS"),
-    OPENJDK_11_RHEL8("openjdk/openjdk-11-rhel8:latest", "JAVA_MAIN_CLASS", "JAVA_APP_JAR", "JAVA_LIB_DIR", "JAVA_CLASSPATH",
-            "JAVA_OPTIONS"),
-    OPENJ9_8_RHEL7("openj9/openj9-8-rhel7:latest", "JAVA_MAIN_CLASS", "JAVA_APP_JAR", "JAVA_LIB_DIR", "JAVA_CLASSPATH",
-            "JAVA_OPTIONS"),
-    OPENJ9_8_RHEL8("openj9/openj9-8-rhel8:latest", "JAVA_MAIN_CLASS", "JAVA_APP_JAR", "JAVA_LIB_DIR", "JAVA_CLASSPATH",
-            "JAVA_OPTIONS"),
-    OPENJ9_11_RHEL7("openj9/openj9-11-rhel7:latest", "JAVA_MAIN_CLASS", "JAVA_APP_JAR", "JAVA_LIB_DIR", "JAVA_CLASSPATH",
-            "JAVA_OPTIONS"),
-    OPENJ9_11_RHEL8("openj9/openj9-11-rhel8:latest", "JAVA_MAIN_CLASS", "JAVA_APP_JAR", "JAVA_LIB_DIR", "JAVA_CLASSPATH",
-            "JAVA_OPTIONS");
+    FABRIC8("fabric8/s2i-java:latest", "JAVA_MAIN_CLASS", "JAVA_APP_JAR", "JAVA_LIB_DIR", "JAVA_CLASSPATH", "JAVA_OPTIONS");
 
     private final String image;
     private final String javaMainClassEnvVar;
diff --git a/extensions/container-image/container-image-openshift/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/openshift/deployment/S2iConfig.java b/extensions/container-image/container-image-openshift/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/openshift/deployment/S2iConfig.java
index 0c88e16cba29e..defde810dc8a7 100644
--- a/extensions/container-image/container-image-openshift/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/openshift/deployment/S2iConfig.java
+++ b/extensions/container-image/container-image-openshift/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/openshift/deployment/S2iConfig.java
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 @ConfigRoot(phase = ConfigPhase.BUILD_TIME)
 public class S2iConfig {
 
-    public static final String DEFAULT_BASE_JVM_JDK11_IMAGE = "registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/openjdk-11:1.17";
-    public static final String DEFAULT_BASE_JVM_JDK17_IMAGE = "registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/openjdk-17:1.17";
+    public static final String DEFAULT_BASE_JVM_JDK17_IMAGE = "registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/openjdk-17:1.18";
+    public static final String DEFAULT_BASE_JVM_JDK21_IMAGE = "registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/openjdk-21:1.18";
     public static final String DEFAULT_BASE_NATIVE_IMAGE = "quay.io/quarkus/ubi-quarkus-native-binary-s2i:2.0";
     public static final String DEFAULT_NATIVE_TARGET_FILENAME = "application";
 
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ public class S2iConfig {
     public static final String FALLBACK_NATIVE_BINARY_DIRECTORY = "/home/quarkus/";
 
     public static String getDefaultJvmImage(CompiledJavaVersionBuildItem.JavaVersion version) {
-        switch (version.isJava17OrHigher()) {
+        switch (version.isJava21OrHigher()) {
             case TRUE:
-                return DEFAULT_BASE_JVM_JDK17_IMAGE;
+                return DEFAULT_BASE_JVM_JDK21_IMAGE;
             default:
-                return DEFAULT_BASE_JVM_JDK11_IMAGE;
+                return DEFAULT_BASE_JVM_JDK17_IMAGE;
         }
     }
 
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ public static String getDefaultJvmImage(CompiledJavaVersionBuildItem.JavaVersion
     /**
      * The base image to be used when a container image is being produced for the jar build.
      *
-     * When the application is built against Java 17 or higher, {@code registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/openjdk-17:1.18}
+     * When the application is built against Java 21 or higher, {@code registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/openjdk-21:1.18}
      * is used as the default.
-     * Otherwise {@code registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/openjdk-11:1.18} is used as the default.
+     * Otherwise {@code registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/openjdk-17:1.18} is used as the default.
      */
     @ConfigItem
     public Optional<String> baseJvmImage;
diff --git a/extensions/container-image/container-image-s2i/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/s2i/deployment/ContainerImageS2iConfig.java b/extensions/container-image/container-image-s2i/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/s2i/deployment/ContainerImageS2iConfig.java
index 10e9f127f17b8..ce5b287b3efcb 100644
--- a/extensions/container-image/container-image-s2i/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/s2i/deployment/ContainerImageS2iConfig.java
+++ b/extensions/container-image/container-image-s2i/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/s2i/deployment/ContainerImageS2iConfig.java
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 @ConfigRoot(name = "s2i", phase = ConfigPhase.BUILD_TIME)
 public class ContainerImageS2iConfig {
 
-    public static final String DEFAULT_BASE_JVM_JDK11_IMAGE = "registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/openjdk-11";
     public static final String DEFAULT_BASE_JVM_JDK17_IMAGE = "registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/openjdk-17";
     public static final String DEFAULT_BASE_JVM_JDK21_IMAGE = "registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/openjdk-21";
     public static final String DEFAULT_BASE_NATIVE_IMAGE = "quay.io/quarkus/ubi-quarkus-native-binary-s2i:2.0";
@@ -22,10 +21,8 @@ public class ContainerImageS2iConfig {
     public static String getDefaultJvmImage(CompiledJavaVersionBuildItem.JavaVersion version) {
         if (version.isJava21OrHigher() == CompiledJavaVersionBuildItem.JavaVersion.Status.TRUE) {
             return DEFAULT_BASE_JVM_JDK21_IMAGE;
-        } else if (version.isJava17OrHigher() == CompiledJavaVersionBuildItem.JavaVersion.Status.TRUE) {
-            return DEFAULT_BASE_JVM_JDK17_IMAGE;
         } else {
-            return DEFAULT_BASE_JVM_JDK11_IMAGE;
+            return DEFAULT_BASE_JVM_JDK17_IMAGE;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/extensions/container-image/container-image-s2i/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/s2i/deployment/S2iBaseJavaImage.java b/extensions/container-image/container-image-s2i/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/s2i/deployment/S2iBaseJavaImage.java
index 06dbbab34a0af..b32d10f6d72bf 100644
--- a/extensions/container-image/container-image-s2i/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/s2i/deployment/S2iBaseJavaImage.java
+++ b/extensions/container-image/container-image-s2i/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/s2i/deployment/S2iBaseJavaImage.java
@@ -8,23 +8,7 @@
 public enum S2iBaseJavaImage {
 
     //We only compare `repositories` so registries and tags are stripped
-    FABRIC8("fabric8/s2i-java:latest", "JAVA_MAIN_CLASS", "JAVA_APP_JAR", "JAVA_LIB_DIR", "JAVA_CLASSPATH", "JAVA_OPTIONS"),
-    OPENJDK_8_RHEL7("redhat-openjdk-18/openjdk18-openshift:latest", "JAVA_MAIN_CLASS", "JAVA_APP_JAR", "JAVA_LIB_DIR",
-            "JAVA_CLASSPATH", "JAVA_OPTIONS"),
-    OPENJDK_8_RHEL8("openjdk/openjdk-8-rhel8:latest", "JAVA_MAIN_CLASS", "JAVA_APP_JAR", "JAVA_LIB_DIR", "JAVA_CLASSPATH",
-            "JAVA_OPTIONS"),
-    OPENJDK_11_RHEL7("openjdk/openjdk-11-rhel7:latest", "JAVA_MAIN_CLASS", "JAVA_APP_JAR", "JAVA_LIB_DIR", "JAVA_CLASSPATH",
-            "JAVA_OPTIONS"),
-    OPENJDK_11_RHEL8("openjdk/openjdk-11-rhel8:latest", "JAVA_MAIN_CLASS", "JAVA_APP_JAR", "JAVA_LIB_DIR", "JAVA_CLASSPATH",
-            "JAVA_OPTIONS"),
-    OPENJ9_8_RHEL7("openj9/openj9-8-rhel7:latest", "JAVA_MAIN_CLASS", "JAVA_APP_JAR", "JAVA_LIB_DIR", "JAVA_CLASSPATH",
-            "JAVA_OPTIONS"),
-    OPENJ9_8_RHEL8("openj9/openj9-8-rhel8:latest", "JAVA_MAIN_CLASS", "JAVA_APP_JAR", "JAVA_LIB_DIR", "JAVA_CLASSPATH",
-            "JAVA_OPTIONS"),
-    OPENJ9_11_RHEL7("openj9/openj9-11-rhel7:latest", "JAVA_MAIN_CLASS", "JAVA_APP_JAR", "JAVA_LIB_DIR", "JAVA_CLASSPATH",
-            "JAVA_OPTIONS"),
-    OPENJ9_11_RHEL8("openj9/openj9-11-rhel8:latest", "JAVA_MAIN_CLASS", "JAVA_APP_JAR", "JAVA_LIB_DIR", "JAVA_CLASSPATH",
-            "JAVA_OPTIONS");
+    FABRIC8("fabric8/s2i-java:latest", "JAVA_MAIN_CLASS", "JAVA_APP_JAR", "JAVA_LIB_DIR", "JAVA_CLASSPATH", "JAVA_OPTIONS");
 
     private final String image;
     private final String javaMainClassEnvVar;
diff --git a/extensions/funqy/funqy-amazon-lambda/maven-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/extensions/funqy/funqy-amazon-lambda/maven-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index ac168bc8d0116..5ba3107f6e880 100644
--- a/extensions/funqy/funqy-amazon-lambda/maven-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/funqy/funqy-amazon-lambda/maven-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
     <properties>
         <compiler-plugin.version>3.11.0</compiler-plugin.version>
         <maven.compiler.parameters>true</maven.compiler.parameters>
-        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
-        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <quarkus-plugin.version>999-SNAPSHOT</quarkus-plugin.version>
diff --git a/extensions/resteasy-reactive/rest-client-reactive/runtime/pom.xml b/extensions/resteasy-reactive/rest-client-reactive/runtime/pom.xml
index f92fe41fad669..46b69aeb98394 100644
--- a/extensions/resteasy-reactive/rest-client-reactive/runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/resteasy-reactive/rest-client-reactive/runtime/pom.xml
@@ -106,8 +106,6 @@
                             <version>${project.version}</version>
                         </path>
                     </annotationProcessorPaths>
-                    <source>11</source>
-                    <target>11</target>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/independent-projects/arc/pom.xml b/independent-projects/arc/pom.xml
index 9fcf219e160dd..a44ce9b55e3cd 100644
--- a/independent-projects/arc/pom.xml
+++ b/independent-projects/arc/pom.xml
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
-        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
 
         <!-- specification versions -->
         <version.cdi>4.0.1</version.cdi>
diff --git a/independent-projects/bootstrap/pom.xml b/independent-projects/bootstrap/pom.xml
index d966792760d95..96486a94ac924 100644
--- a/independent-projects/bootstrap/pom.xml
+++ b/independent-projects/bootstrap/pom.xml
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@
         <javax.annotation-api.version>1.3.2</javax.annotation-api.version>
         <javax.inject.version>1</javax.inject.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
-        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
         <version.compiler.plugin>3.11.0</version.compiler.plugin>
         <version.enforcer.plugin>3.2.1</version.enforcer.plugin>
         <version.surefire.plugin>3.1.2</version.surefire.plugin>
diff --git a/independent-projects/enforcer-rules/pom.xml b/independent-projects/enforcer-rules/pom.xml
index 3be3e3b40c112..ae2779ab33089 100644
--- a/independent-projects/enforcer-rules/pom.xml
+++ b/independent-projects/enforcer-rules/pom.xml
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@
     </scm>
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
-        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
 
         <version.enforcer.plugin>3.2.1</version.enforcer.plugin>
         <version.surefire.plugin>3.1.2</version.surefire.plugin>
diff --git a/independent-projects/extension-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/independent-projects/extension-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 165bdf86493a8..37f160b4f1d25 100644
--- a/independent-projects/extension-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/independent-projects/extension-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
         <javax.annotation-api.version>1.3.2</javax.annotation-api.version>
         <javax.inject.version>1</javax.inject.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <!-- Not sure exactly why but the Maven plugins need to be compiled with Java 11 -->
         <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
-        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
         <maven-core.version>3.9.5</maven-core.version>
         <version.compiler.plugin>3.11.0</version.compiler.plugin>
diff --git a/independent-projects/ide-config/pom.xml b/independent-projects/ide-config/pom.xml
index 4437dc80e4461..2521b993cc08e 100644
--- a/independent-projects/ide-config/pom.xml
+++ b/independent-projects/ide-config/pom.xml
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
-        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
         <version.enforcer.plugin>3.2.1</version.enforcer.plugin>
         <version.surefire.plugin>3.1.2</version.surefire.plugin>
     </properties>
diff --git a/independent-projects/junit5-virtual-threads/pom.xml b/independent-projects/junit5-virtual-threads/pom.xml
index d30d68dcb74ef..24525d28f2417 100644
--- a/independent-projects/junit5-virtual-threads/pom.xml
+++ b/independent-projects/junit5-virtual-threads/pom.xml
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
-        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
 
         <compiler.plugin.version>3.11.0</compiler.plugin.version>
         <enforcer.plugin.version>3.2.1</enforcer.plugin.version>
diff --git a/independent-projects/parent/pom.xml b/independent-projects/parent/pom.xml
index 33c243cd1c009..18ca40c83d8bb 100644
--- a/independent-projects/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/independent-projects/parent/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@
 
         <!-- Default properties -->
         <maven.compiler.parameters>true</maven.compiler.parameters>
-        <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
+        <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
         <maven.compiler.source>${maven.compiler.release}</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>${maven.compiler.release}</maven.compiler.target>
         <maven.compiler.testTarget>${maven.compiler.target}</maven.compiler.testTarget>
diff --git a/independent-projects/qute/pom.xml b/independent-projects/qute/pom.xml
index a5822ccf7c1aa..5f7344e86e592 100644
--- a/independent-projects/qute/pom.xml
+++ b/independent-projects/qute/pom.xml
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
-        <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
         <version.junit>5.10.0</version.junit>
         <version.assertj>3.24.2</version.assertj>
         <version.jandex>3.1.6</version.jandex>
diff --git a/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/pom.xml b/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/pom.xml
index 4b60545273467..5d057c14fdcaa 100644
--- a/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/pom.xml
+++ b/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/pom.xml
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@
         <jakarta.xml.bind-api.version>4.0.1</jakarta.xml.bind-api.version>
         <parsson.version>1.1.5</parsson.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
-        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
         <!-- Versions -->
         <jakarta.enterprise.cdi-api.version>4.0.1</jakarta.enterprise.cdi-api.version>
         <jandex.version>3.1.6</jandex.version>
diff --git a/independent-projects/revapi/pom.xml b/independent-projects/revapi/pom.xml
index 88d0a4eff7910..1913f434d0c3f 100644
--- a/independent-projects/revapi/pom.xml
+++ b/independent-projects/revapi/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
         <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
-    
+
     <artifactId>quarkus-revapi-config</artifactId>
     <name>Quarkus - Revapi Configuration</name>
     <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
@@ -30,15 +30,12 @@
     <properties>
         <version.enforcer.plugin>3.2.1</version.enforcer.plugin>
         <version.surefire.plugin>3.1.2</version.surefire.plugin>
-        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
-        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
         <format.skip>true</format.skip>
     </properties>
 
     <build>
         <plugins>
-            <!-- 
+            <!--
             This is not deployed into a Maven repository. It is merely installed into the local Maven repository
             during a local build.
             -->
diff --git a/independent-projects/tools/base-codestarts/src/main/resources/codestarts/quarkus-jbang/tooling/jbang-wrapper/base/jbang b/independent-projects/tools/base-codestarts/src/main/resources/codestarts/quarkus-jbang/tooling/jbang-wrapper/base/jbang
index 27d5f8344f5ab..8651f46005bd1 100755
--- a/independent-projects/tools/base-codestarts/src/main/resources/codestarts/quarkus-jbang/tooling/jbang-wrapper/base/jbang
+++ b/independent-projects/tools/base-codestarts/src/main/resources/codestarts/quarkus-jbang/tooling/jbang-wrapper/base/jbang
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #
 
 # The Java version to install when it's not installed on the system yet
-javaVersion=${JBANG_DEFAULT_JAVA_VERSION:-11}
+javaVersion=${JBANG_DEFAULT_JAVA_VERSION:-17}
 
 absolute_path() {
   # if the given path to the jbang launcher is absolute (i.e. it is either starting with / or a
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ if [[ $os == windows && -f "$abs_jbang_dir/jbang.cmd" && "$(uname -s)" == CYGWIN
 fi
 
 if [[ -z "$JBANG_JDK_VENDOR" ]]; then
-  if [[ "$javaVersion" -eq 8 || "$javaVersion" -eq 11 || "$javaVersion" -ge 17 ]]; then
+  if [[ "$javaVersion" -eq 8 || "$javaVersion" -eq 11 || "$javaVersion" -eq 17 || "$javaVersion" -eq 21 ]]; then
     distro="temurin";
   else
     distro="aoj"; fi
diff --git a/independent-projects/tools/base-codestarts/src/main/resources/codestarts/quarkus/buildtool/maven/scala/pom.tpl.qute.xml b/independent-projects/tools/base-codestarts/src/main/resources/codestarts/quarkus/buildtool/maven/scala/pom.tpl.qute.xml
index 94f4093a1e466..d6bbe9a156ab7 100644
--- a/independent-projects/tools/base-codestarts/src/main/resources/codestarts/quarkus/buildtool/maven/scala/pom.tpl.qute.xml
+++ b/independent-projects/tools/base-codestarts/src/main/resources/codestarts/quarkus/buildtool/maven/scala/pom.tpl.qute.xml
@@ -52,12 +52,7 @@
                         <arg>-deprecation</arg>
                         <arg>-feature</arg>
                         <arg>-explaintypes</arg>
-                        {#if scala.version.startsWith("2.12.")}
-                        <arg>-target:jvm-1.8</arg>
-                        <arg>-Ypartial-unification</arg>
-                        {#else}
-                        <arg>-target:jvm-11</arg>
-                        {/if}
+                        <arg>-release:17</arg>
                     </args>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
diff --git a/independent-projects/tools/devtools-common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devtools/project/JavaVersion.java b/independent-projects/tools/devtools-common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devtools/project/JavaVersion.java
index be5bbee89f5d1..ea5149c058c41 100644
--- a/independent-projects/tools/devtools-common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devtools/project/JavaVersion.java
+++ b/independent-projects/tools/devtools-common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devtools/project/JavaVersion.java
@@ -62,10 +62,10 @@ public String toString() {
     }
 
     // ordering is important here, so let's keep them ordered
-    public static final SortedSet<Integer> JAVA_VERSIONS_LTS = new TreeSet<>(List.of(11, 17, 21));
-    public static final int DEFAULT_JAVA_VERSION = 11;
-    // we want to maximize the compatibility of extensions with the Quarkus ecosystem so let's stick to 11 by default
-    public static final String DEFAULT_JAVA_VERSION_FOR_EXTENSION = "11";
+    public static final SortedSet<Integer> JAVA_VERSIONS_LTS = new TreeSet<>(List.of(17, 21));
+    public static final int DEFAULT_JAVA_VERSION = 17;
+    // we want to maximize the compatibility of extensions with the Quarkus ecosystem so let's stick to 17 by default
+    public static final String DEFAULT_JAVA_VERSION_FOR_EXTENSION = "17";
     public static final int MAX_LTS_SUPPORTED_BY_KOTLIN = 21;
     public static final String DETECT_JAVA_RUNTIME_VERSION = "<<detect java runtime version>>";
     public static final Pattern JAVA_VERSION_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("(\\d+)(?:\\..*)?");
diff --git a/independent-projects/tools/devtools-common/src/test/java/io/quarkus/devtools/project/JavaVersionTest.java b/independent-projects/tools/devtools-common/src/test/java/io/quarkus/devtools/project/JavaVersionTest.java
index 3e0d82dd75241..45d3ca585bcdf 100644
--- a/independent-projects/tools/devtools-common/src/test/java/io/quarkus/devtools/project/JavaVersionTest.java
+++ b/independent-projects/tools/devtools-common/src/test/java/io/quarkus/devtools/project/JavaVersionTest.java
@@ -20,24 +20,19 @@ public void givenJavaVersion17ShouldReturn17() {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void givenJavaVersion16ShouldReturn11() {
-        assertEquals("11", computeJavaVersion(JAVA, "16.0.1"));
+    public void givenJavaVersion22ShouldReturn21() {
+        assertEquals("21", computeJavaVersion(JAVA, "22.0.1"));
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void givenJavaVersion11ShouldReturn11() {
-        assertEquals("11", computeJavaVersion(JAVA, "11"));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void givenJavaVersion18ShouldReturn17() {
-        assertEquals("17", computeJavaVersion(JAVA, "18"));
+    public void givenJavaVersion21ShouldReturn21() {
+        assertEquals("21", computeJavaVersion(JAVA, "21"));
     }
 
     @Test
     void shouldProperlyUseMinJavaVersion() {
-        assertThat(getCompatibleLTSVersions(new JavaVersion("11"))).isEqualTo(JAVA_VERSIONS_LTS);
-        assertThat(getCompatibleLTSVersions(new JavaVersion("17"))).containsExactly(17, 21);
+        assertThat(getCompatibleLTSVersions(new JavaVersion("17"))).isEqualTo(JAVA_VERSIONS_LTS);
+        assertThat(getCompatibleLTSVersions(new JavaVersion("21"))).containsExactly(21);
         assertThat(getCompatibleLTSVersions(new JavaVersion("100"))).isEmpty();
         assertThat(getCompatibleLTSVersions(JavaVersion.NA)).isEqualTo(JAVA_VERSIONS_LTS);
     }
@@ -50,11 +45,12 @@ public void givenAutoDetectShouldReturnAppropriateVersion() {
 
     @Test
     public void testDetermineBestLtsVersion() {
-        assertEquals(11, determineBestJavaLtsVersion(8));
-        assertEquals(11, determineBestJavaLtsVersion(11));
-        assertEquals(11, determineBestJavaLtsVersion(12));
+        assertEquals(17, determineBestJavaLtsVersion(8));
+        assertEquals(17, determineBestJavaLtsVersion(11));
         assertEquals(17, determineBestJavaLtsVersion(17));
         assertEquals(17, determineBestJavaLtsVersion(18));
+        assertEquals(21, determineBestJavaLtsVersion(21));
+        assertEquals(21, determineBestJavaLtsVersion(22));
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/independent-projects/tools/devtools-testing/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devtools/testing/codestarts/QuarkusCodestartTesting.java b/independent-projects/tools/devtools-testing/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devtools/testing/codestarts/QuarkusCodestartTesting.java
index 4f86ced09d98a..a97233c8b1a26 100644
--- a/independent-projects/tools/devtools-testing/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devtools/testing/codestarts/QuarkusCodestartTesting.java
+++ b/independent-projects/tools/devtools-testing/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devtools/testing/codestarts/QuarkusCodestartTesting.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public static Map<String, Object> getMockedTestInputData(final Map<String, Objec
         data.put(QUARKUS_MAVEN_PLUGIN_VERSION.key(), "999-MOCK");
         data.put(QUARKUS_GRADLE_PLUGIN_ID.key(), "io.quarkus");
         data.put(QUARKUS_GRADLE_PLUGIN_VERSION.key(), "999-MOCK");
-        data.put(JAVA_VERSION.key(), "11");
+        data.put(JAVA_VERSION.key(), "17");
         data.put(KOTLIN_VERSION.key(), "1.4.28-MOCK");
         data.put(SCALA_VERSION.key(), "2.12.8-MOCK");
         data.put(SCALA_MAVEN_PLUGIN_VERSION.key(), "4.1.1-MOCK");
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public static Map<String, Object> getRealTestInputData(ExtensionCatalog catalog,
         data.put(SCALA_MAVEN_PLUGIN_VERSION.key(), quarkusProp.getProperty(ToolsConstants.PROP_SCALA_PLUGIN_VERSION));
         data.put(MAVEN_COMPILER_PLUGIN_VERSION.key(), quarkusProp.getProperty(ToolsConstants.PROP_COMPILER_PLUGIN_VERSION));
         data.put(MAVEN_SUREFIRE_PLUGIN_VERSION.key(), quarkusProp.getProperty(ToolsConstants.PROP_SUREFIRE_PLUGIN_VERSION));
-        data.put(JAVA_VERSION.key(), "11");
+        data.put(JAVA_VERSION.key(), "17");
         if (override != null)
             data.putAll(override);
         return data;
diff --git a/independent-projects/tools/devtools-testing/src/test/java/io/quarkus/devtools/codestarts/quarkus/QuarkusCodestartGenerationTest.java b/independent-projects/tools/devtools-testing/src/test/java/io/quarkus/devtools/codestarts/quarkus/QuarkusCodestartGenerationTest.java
index e822bd176c4ea..3df62f156b9b5 100644
--- a/independent-projects/tools/devtools-testing/src/test/java/io/quarkus/devtools/codestarts/quarkus/QuarkusCodestartGenerationTest.java
+++ b/independent-projects/tools/devtools-testing/src/test/java/io/quarkus/devtools/codestarts/quarkus/QuarkusCodestartGenerationTest.java
@@ -315,13 +315,13 @@ private void checkDockerfilesWithMaven(Path projectDir) {
         assertThat(projectDir.resolve("src/main/docker/Dockerfile.jvm")).exists()
                 .satisfies(checkContains("./mvnw package"))
                 .satisfies(checkContains("docker build -f src/main/docker/Dockerfile.jvm"))
-                .satisfies(checkContains("registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/openjdk-11:1.18"))//TODO: make a test for java17
+                .satisfies(checkContains("registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/openjdk-17:1.18"))
                 .satisfies(checkContains("ENV JAVA_APP_JAR=\"/deployments/quarkus-run.jar\""))
                 .satisfies(checkContains("ENTRYPOINT [ \"/opt/jboss/container/java/run/run-java.sh\" ]"));
         assertThat(projectDir.resolve("src/main/docker/Dockerfile.legacy-jar")).exists()
                 .satisfies(checkContains("./mvnw package -Dquarkus.package.type=legacy-jar"))
                 .satisfies(checkContains("docker build -f src/main/docker/Dockerfile.legacy-jar"))
-                .satisfies(checkContains("registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/openjdk-11:1.18"))
+                .satisfies(checkContains("registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/openjdk-17:1.18"))
                 .satisfies(checkContains("EXPOSE 8080"))
                 .satisfies(checkContains("USER 185"))
                 .satisfies(checkContains("ENV JAVA_APP_JAR=\"/deployments/quarkus-run.jar\""))
@@ -341,13 +341,13 @@ private void checkDockerfilesWithGradle(Path projectDir) {
         assertThat(projectDir.resolve("src/main/docker/Dockerfile.jvm")).exists()
                 .satisfies(checkContains("./gradlew build"))
                 .satisfies(checkContains("docker build -f src/main/docker/Dockerfile.jvm"))
-                .satisfies(checkContains("registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/openjdk-11:1.18"))//TODO: make a test for java17
+                .satisfies(checkContains("registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/openjdk-17:1.18"))
                 .satisfies(checkContains("ENV JAVA_APP_JAR=\"/deployments/quarkus-run.jar\""))
                 .satisfies(checkContains("ENTRYPOINT [ \"/opt/jboss/container/java/run/run-java.sh\" ]"));
         assertThat(projectDir.resolve("src/main/docker/Dockerfile.legacy-jar")).exists()
                 .satisfies(checkContains("./gradlew build -Dquarkus.package.type=legacy-jar"))
                 .satisfies(checkContains("docker build -f src/main/docker/Dockerfile.legacy-jar"))
-                .satisfies(checkContains("registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/openjdk-11:1.18"))
+                .satisfies(checkContains("registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/openjdk-17:1.18"))
                 .satisfies(checkContains("EXPOSE 8080"))
                 .satisfies(checkContains("USER 185"))
                 .satisfies(checkContains("ENV JAVA_APP_JAR=\"/deployments/quarkus-run.jar\""))
diff --git a/independent-projects/tools/devtools-testing/src/test/resources/__snapshots__/QuarkusCodestartGenerationTest/generateDefault/pom.xml b/independent-projects/tools/devtools-testing/src/test/resources/__snapshots__/QuarkusCodestartGenerationTest/generateDefault/pom.xml
index 51ef9c95e7f4e..28937572322ef 100644
--- a/independent-projects/tools/devtools-testing/src/test/resources/__snapshots__/QuarkusCodestartGenerationTest/generateDefault/pom.xml
+++ b/independent-projects/tools/devtools-testing/src/test/resources/__snapshots__/QuarkusCodestartGenerationTest/generateDefault/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <version>1.0.0-codestart</version>
   <properties>
     <compiler-plugin.version>3.8.1-MOCK</compiler-plugin.version>
-    <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
+    <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <quarkus.platform.artifact-id>quarkus-mock-bom</quarkus.platform.artifact-id>
diff --git a/independent-projects/tools/devtools-testing/src/test/resources/__snapshots__/QuarkusCodestartGenerationTest/generateGradleNoWrapperGithubAction/.github_workflows_ci.yml b/independent-projects/tools/devtools-testing/src/test/resources/__snapshots__/QuarkusCodestartGenerationTest/generateGradleNoWrapperGithubAction/.github_workflows_ci.yml
index b91dae4af7558..5126ed7fe1b37 100644
--- a/independent-projects/tools/devtools-testing/src/test/resources/__snapshots__/QuarkusCodestartGenerationTest/generateGradleNoWrapperGithubAction/.github_workflows_ci.yml
+++ b/independent-projects/tools/devtools-testing/src/test/resources/__snapshots__/QuarkusCodestartGenerationTest/generateGradleNoWrapperGithubAction/.github_workflows_ci.yml
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: Set up JDK 11
+      - name: Set up JDK 17
         uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
-          java-version: 11
+          java-version: 17
           distribution: temurin
           cache: gradle
       - name: Build
diff --git a/independent-projects/tools/devtools-testing/src/test/resources/__snapshots__/QuarkusCodestartGenerationTest/generateGradleWrapperGithubAction/.github_workflows_ci.yml b/independent-projects/tools/devtools-testing/src/test/resources/__snapshots__/QuarkusCodestartGenerationTest/generateGradleWrapperGithubAction/.github_workflows_ci.yml
index 214af798d2fbe..2b00bec6d5160 100644
--- a/independent-projects/tools/devtools-testing/src/test/resources/__snapshots__/QuarkusCodestartGenerationTest/generateGradleWrapperGithubAction/.github_workflows_ci.yml
+++ b/independent-projects/tools/devtools-testing/src/test/resources/__snapshots__/QuarkusCodestartGenerationTest/generateGradleWrapperGithubAction/.github_workflows_ci.yml
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: Set up JDK 11
+      - name: Set up JDK 17
         uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
-          java-version: 11
+          java-version: 17
           distribution: temurin
           cache: maven
       - name: Build
diff --git a/independent-projects/tools/devtools-testing/src/test/resources/__snapshots__/QuarkusCodestartGenerationTest/generateMavenWithCustomDep/pom.xml b/independent-projects/tools/devtools-testing/src/test/resources/__snapshots__/QuarkusCodestartGenerationTest/generateMavenWithCustomDep/pom.xml
index 9871c74a9df19..6abb5fb856874 100644
--- a/independent-projects/tools/devtools-testing/src/test/resources/__snapshots__/QuarkusCodestartGenerationTest/generateMavenWithCustomDep/pom.xml
+++ b/independent-projects/tools/devtools-testing/src/test/resources/__snapshots__/QuarkusCodestartGenerationTest/generateMavenWithCustomDep/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <version>1.0.0-codestart</version>
   <properties>
     <compiler-plugin.version>3.8.1-MOCK</compiler-plugin.version>
-    <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
+    <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <quarkus.platform.artifact-id>quarkus-mock-bom</quarkus.platform.artifact-id>
diff --git a/independent-projects/tools/pom.xml b/independent-projects/tools/pom.xml
index 95c4e1723317a..10b5ed03844e6 100644
--- a/independent-projects/tools/pom.xml
+++ b/independent-projects/tools/pom.xml
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@
         <javax.annotation-api.version>1.3.2</javax.annotation-api.version>
         <javax.inject.version>1</javax.inject.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
-        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
 
         <!-- These properties are used by CreateProjectMojo to add the Maven Wrapper -->
         <proposed-maven-version>3.9.5</proposed-maven-version>
@@ -47,7 +44,7 @@
         <!-- These properties are needed in order for them to be resolvable by the generated projects -->
         <compiler-plugin.version>3.11.0</compiler-plugin.version>
         <kotlin.version>1.6.0</kotlin.version>
-        <scala.version>2.12.13</scala.version>
+        <scala.version>2.13.12</scala.version>
         <scala-plugin.version>4.4.0</scala-plugin.version>
 
         <!-- Versions -->
diff --git a/integration-tests/container-image/maven-invoker-way/src/it/container-build-docker/pom.xml b/integration-tests/container-image/maven-invoker-way/src/it/container-build-docker/pom.xml
index 4107e1c2f5be0..49369c0468cae 100644
--- a/integration-tests/container-image/maven-invoker-way/src/it/container-build-docker/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/container-image/maven-invoker-way/src/it/container-build-docker/pom.xml
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
   <properties>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <surefire-plugin.version>3.1.2</surefire-plugin.version>
-    <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+    <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/integration-tests/container-image/maven-invoker-way/src/it/container-build-docker/src/main/docker/Dockerfile.jvm b/integration-tests/container-image/maven-invoker-way/src/it/container-build-docker/src/main/docker/Dockerfile.jvm
index 566ba7b5a17bf..6de170527f1ed 100644
--- a/integration-tests/container-image/maven-invoker-way/src/it/container-build-docker/src/main/docker/Dockerfile.jvm
+++ b/integration-tests/container-image/maven-invoker-way/src/it/container-build-docker/src/main/docker/Dockerfile.jvm
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 ###
 FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/ubi-minimal:8.9
 
-ARG JAVA_PACKAGE=java-11-openjdk-headless
+ARG JAVA_PACKAGE=java-17-openjdk-headless
 ARG RUN_JAVA_VERSION=1.3.8
 ENV LANG='en_US.UTF-8' LANGUAGE='en_US:en'
 # Install java and the run-java script
diff --git a/integration-tests/container-image/maven-invoker-way/src/it/container-build-jib-appcds/pom.xml b/integration-tests/container-image/maven-invoker-way/src/it/container-build-jib-appcds/pom.xml
index 51b11f2950e77..f6b93fec7d58a 100644
--- a/integration-tests/container-image/maven-invoker-way/src/it/container-build-jib-appcds/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/container-image/maven-invoker-way/src/it/container-build-jib-appcds/pom.xml
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
   <properties>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <surefire-plugin.version>3.1.2</surefire-plugin.version>
-    <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+    <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/integration-tests/container-image/maven-invoker-way/src/it/container-build-jib-inherit/pom.xml b/integration-tests/container-image/maven-invoker-way/src/it/container-build-jib-inherit/pom.xml
index 6f9cbef0fe4c3..902e7e36b521d 100644
--- a/integration-tests/container-image/maven-invoker-way/src/it/container-build-jib-inherit/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/container-image/maven-invoker-way/src/it/container-build-jib-inherit/pom.xml
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
   <properties>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <surefire-plugin.version>3.1.2</surefire-plugin.version>
-    <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+    <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/integration-tests/container-image/maven-invoker-way/src/it/container-build-jib/pom.xml b/integration-tests/container-image/maven-invoker-way/src/it/container-build-jib/pom.xml
index 6c048387d387f..6c34e5253acbc 100644
--- a/integration-tests/container-image/maven-invoker-way/src/it/container-build-jib/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/container-image/maven-invoker-way/src/it/container-build-jib/pom.xml
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
   <properties>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <surefire-plugin.version>3.1.2</surefire-plugin.version>
-    <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+    <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/integration-tests/container-image/maven-invoker-way/src/it/container-build-multiple-tags-docker/pom.xml b/integration-tests/container-image/maven-invoker-way/src/it/container-build-multiple-tags-docker/pom.xml
index 398a54e232883..439ea5e27a654 100644
--- a/integration-tests/container-image/maven-invoker-way/src/it/container-build-multiple-tags-docker/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/container-image/maven-invoker-way/src/it/container-build-multiple-tags-docker/pom.xml
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
   <properties>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <surefire-plugin.version>3.1.2</surefire-plugin.version>
-    <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+    <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/integration-tests/container-image/maven-invoker-way/src/it/container-build-multiple-tags-docker/src/main/docker/Dockerfile.jvm b/integration-tests/container-image/maven-invoker-way/src/it/container-build-multiple-tags-docker/src/main/docker/Dockerfile.jvm
index 566ba7b5a17bf..6de170527f1ed 100644
--- a/integration-tests/container-image/maven-invoker-way/src/it/container-build-multiple-tags-docker/src/main/docker/Dockerfile.jvm
+++ b/integration-tests/container-image/maven-invoker-way/src/it/container-build-multiple-tags-docker/src/main/docker/Dockerfile.jvm
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 ###
 FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/ubi-minimal:8.9
 
-ARG JAVA_PACKAGE=java-11-openjdk-headless
+ARG JAVA_PACKAGE=java-17-openjdk-headless
 ARG RUN_JAVA_VERSION=1.3.8
 ENV LANG='en_US.UTF-8' LANGUAGE='en_US:en'
 # Install java and the run-java script
diff --git a/integration-tests/container-image/maven-invoker-way/src/it/container-build-multiple-tags-jib/pom.xml b/integration-tests/container-image/maven-invoker-way/src/it/container-build-multiple-tags-jib/pom.xml
index 6db37cb78d2d9..0f8604d355bad 100644
--- a/integration-tests/container-image/maven-invoker-way/src/it/container-build-multiple-tags-jib/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/container-image/maven-invoker-way/src/it/container-build-multiple-tags-jib/pom.xml
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
   <properties>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <surefire-plugin.version>3.1.2</surefire-plugin.version>
-    <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+    <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/integration-tests/container-image/maven-invoker-way/src/it/container-image-push/pom.xml b/integration-tests/container-image/maven-invoker-way/src/it/container-image-push/pom.xml
index 1c70b1664f0d0..5da922f81f7e8 100644
--- a/integration-tests/container-image/maven-invoker-way/src/it/container-image-push/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/container-image/maven-invoker-way/src/it/container-image-push/pom.xml
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
   <properties>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <surefire-plugin.version>3.1.2</surefire-plugin.version>
-    <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+    <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/integration-tests/devtools/src/test/java/io/quarkus/devtools/codestarts/quarkus/QuarkusCodestartBuildIT.java b/integration-tests/devtools/src/test/java/io/quarkus/devtools/codestarts/quarkus/QuarkusCodestartBuildIT.java
index 32b90968cf96e..9cccca1c54fbe 100644
--- a/integration-tests/devtools/src/test/java/io/quarkus/devtools/codestarts/quarkus/QuarkusCodestartBuildIT.java
+++ b/integration-tests/devtools/src/test/java/io/quarkus/devtools/codestarts/quarkus/QuarkusCodestartBuildIT.java
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ private void generateProjectRunTests(String buildToolName, String language, List
         final BuildTool buildTool = BuildTool.findTool(buildToolName);
 
         final Map<String, Object> data = getTestInputData(Collections.singletonMap("artifact-id", name));
-        // for JVM 8 and 14 this will generate project with java 1.8, for JVM 11 project with java 11
         final QuarkusCodestartProjectInput input = QuarkusCodestartProjectInput.builder()
                 .addData(data)
                 .buildTool(buildTool)
diff --git a/integration-tests/gradle/src/main/resources/add-extension-multi-module-kts/build.gradle.kts b/integration-tests/gradle/src/main/resources/add-extension-multi-module-kts/build.gradle.kts
index e4862ab443303..3ece50bb7b142 100644
--- a/integration-tests/gradle/src/main/resources/add-extension-multi-module-kts/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/integration-tests/gradle/src/main/resources/add-extension-multi-module-kts/build.gradle.kts
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ subprojects {
     apply(plugin = "java")
 
     java {
-        sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
-        targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
+        sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
+        targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
     }
 
     tasks {
diff --git a/integration-tests/gradle/src/main/resources/add-extension-multi-module/build.gradle b/integration-tests/gradle/src/main/resources/add-extension-multi-module/build.gradle
index e8fe347d47c79..be2336ebb1cf3 100644
--- a/integration-tests/gradle/src/main/resources/add-extension-multi-module/build.gradle
+++ b/integration-tests/gradle/src/main/resources/add-extension-multi-module/build.gradle
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ subprojects {
     apply plugin: 'java'
 
     java {
-        sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
-        targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
+        sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
+        targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
     }
 
     test {
diff --git a/integration-tests/gradle/src/main/resources/conditional-dependencies-kotlin/build.gradle.kts b/integration-tests/gradle/src/main/resources/conditional-dependencies-kotlin/build.gradle.kts
index 5e3808937ce3e..c2b7e6d1cc051 100644
--- a/integration-tests/gradle/src/main/resources/conditional-dependencies-kotlin/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/integration-tests/gradle/src/main/resources/conditional-dependencies-kotlin/build.gradle.kts
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ group = "org.acme"
 version = "1.0.0-SNAPSHOT"
 
 java {
-    sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
-    targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
+    sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
+    targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
 }
 
 allOpen {
@@ -46,6 +46,6 @@ allOpen {
 }
 
 tasks.withType<org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinCompile> {
-    kotlinOptions.jvmTarget = JavaVersion.VERSION_11.toString()
+    kotlinOptions.jvmTarget = JavaVersion.VERSION_17.toString()
     kotlinOptions.javaParameters = true
 }
diff --git a/integration-tests/gradle/src/main/resources/grpc-descriptor-set-alternate-output-dir/build.gradle b/integration-tests/gradle/src/main/resources/grpc-descriptor-set-alternate-output-dir/build.gradle
index 57535418f2507..01ed5ced48ab4 100644
--- a/integration-tests/gradle/src/main/resources/grpc-descriptor-set-alternate-output-dir/build.gradle
+++ b/integration-tests/gradle/src/main/resources/grpc-descriptor-set-alternate-output-dir/build.gradle
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ group 'org.acme'
 version '1.0.0-SNAPSHOT'
 
 java {
-    sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
-    targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
+    sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
+    targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
 }
 
 test {
diff --git a/integration-tests/gradle/src/main/resources/grpc-descriptor-set-alternate-output/build.gradle b/integration-tests/gradle/src/main/resources/grpc-descriptor-set-alternate-output/build.gradle
index 57535418f2507..01ed5ced48ab4 100644
--- a/integration-tests/gradle/src/main/resources/grpc-descriptor-set-alternate-output/build.gradle
+++ b/integration-tests/gradle/src/main/resources/grpc-descriptor-set-alternate-output/build.gradle
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ group 'org.acme'
 version '1.0.0-SNAPSHOT'
 
 java {
-    sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
-    targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
+    sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
+    targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
 }
 
 test {
diff --git a/integration-tests/gradle/src/main/resources/grpc-descriptor-set/build.gradle b/integration-tests/gradle/src/main/resources/grpc-descriptor-set/build.gradle
index 57535418f2507..01ed5ced48ab4 100644
--- a/integration-tests/gradle/src/main/resources/grpc-descriptor-set/build.gradle
+++ b/integration-tests/gradle/src/main/resources/grpc-descriptor-set/build.gradle
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ group 'org.acme'
 version '1.0.0-SNAPSHOT'
 
 java {
-    sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
-    targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
+    sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
+    targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
 }
 
 test {
diff --git a/integration-tests/gradle/src/main/resources/grpc-include-project/build.gradle b/integration-tests/gradle/src/main/resources/grpc-include-project/build.gradle
index 57535418f2507..01ed5ced48ab4 100644
--- a/integration-tests/gradle/src/main/resources/grpc-include-project/build.gradle
+++ b/integration-tests/gradle/src/main/resources/grpc-include-project/build.gradle
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ group 'org.acme'
 version '1.0.0-SNAPSHOT'
 
 java {
-    sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
-    targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
+    sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
+    targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
 }
 
 test {
diff --git a/integration-tests/gradle/src/main/resources/multi-module-with-empty-module/build.gradle.kts b/integration-tests/gradle/src/main/resources/multi-module-with-empty-module/build.gradle.kts
index 22c0d009fb62c..87f48bdc76cdd 100644
--- a/integration-tests/gradle/src/main/resources/multi-module-with-empty-module/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/integration-tests/gradle/src/main/resources/multi-module-with-empty-module/build.gradle.kts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ subprojects {
   val quarkusPlatformArtifactId: String by project
   val quarkusPlatformVersion: String by project
 
-  val javaVersion = "11"
+  val javaVersion = "17"
 
   dependencies {
     "implementation"(enforcedPlatform("$quarkusPlatformGroupId:$quarkusPlatformArtifactId:$quarkusPlatformVersion"))
diff --git a/integration-tests/istio/maven-invoker-way/src/it/xds-grpc/pom.xml b/integration-tests/istio/maven-invoker-way/src/it/xds-grpc/pom.xml
index 30481f7b37455..24c16c370fec2 100644
--- a/integration-tests/istio/maven-invoker-way/src/it/xds-grpc/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/istio/maven-invoker-way/src/it/xds-grpc/pom.xml
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
   <properties>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <surefire-plugin.version>3.1.2</surefire-plugin.version>
-    <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+    <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/integration-tests/kotlin/src/test/resources/projects/classic-kotlin/pom.xml b/integration-tests/kotlin/src/test/resources/projects/classic-kotlin/pom.xml
index 11e69627d833a..8be32af85948a 100644
--- a/integration-tests/kotlin/src/test/resources/projects/classic-kotlin/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/kotlin/src/test/resources/projects/classic-kotlin/pom.xml
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
     <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <properties>
         <quarkus.version>@project.version@</quarkus.version>
-        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
         <kotlin.version>@kotlin.version@</kotlin.version>
     </properties>
     <dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/integration-tests/kotlin/src/test/resources/projects/external-reloadable-artifacts/app/pom.xml b/integration-tests/kotlin/src/test/resources/projects/external-reloadable-artifacts/app/pom.xml
index 6038adf509dfc..3dda73071c6a6 100644
--- a/integration-tests/kotlin/src/test/resources/projects/external-reloadable-artifacts/app/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/kotlin/src/test/resources/projects/external-reloadable-artifacts/app/pom.xml
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
 
     <properties>
         <quarkus.version>@project.version@</quarkus.version>
-        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
         <kotlin.version>@kotlin.version@</kotlin.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/integration-tests/kotlin/src/test/resources/projects/external-reloadable-artifacts/external-lib/pom.xml b/integration-tests/kotlin/src/test/resources/projects/external-reloadable-artifacts/external-lib/pom.xml
index c3e3b414f7eb7..a477ef7274fe5 100644
--- a/integration-tests/kotlin/src/test/resources/projects/external-reloadable-artifacts/external-lib/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/kotlin/src/test/resources/projects/external-reloadable-artifacts/external-lib/pom.xml
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
     <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
     <properties>
-        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
         <maven.jar.plugin.version>3.2.2</maven.jar.plugin.version>
         <kotlin.version>@kotlin.version@</kotlin.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/integration-tests/kotlin/src/test/resources/projects/kotlin-compiler-args/pom.xml b/integration-tests/kotlin/src/test/resources/projects/kotlin-compiler-args/pom.xml
index c264411637c04..c28c5fbdc223f 100644
--- a/integration-tests/kotlin/src/test/resources/projects/kotlin-compiler-args/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/kotlin/src/test/resources/projects/kotlin-compiler-args/pom.xml
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
     <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <properties>
         <quarkus.version>@project.version@</quarkus.version>
-        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
         <kotlin.version>@kotlin.version@</kotlin.version>
     </properties>
     <dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/integration-tests/kubernetes/maven-invoker-way/src/it/knative-jib-build-and-deploy/pom.xml b/integration-tests/kubernetes/maven-invoker-way/src/it/knative-jib-build-and-deploy/pom.xml
index 32c73c981697b..caad51d1650d4 100644
--- a/integration-tests/kubernetes/maven-invoker-way/src/it/knative-jib-build-and-deploy/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/kubernetes/maven-invoker-way/src/it/knative-jib-build-and-deploy/pom.xml
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
   <properties>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <surefire-plugin.version>3.1.2</surefire-plugin.version>
-    <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+    <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/integration-tests/kubernetes/maven-invoker-way/src/it/kubernetes-docker-build-and-deploy-deployment/pom.xml b/integration-tests/kubernetes/maven-invoker-way/src/it/kubernetes-docker-build-and-deploy-deployment/pom.xml
index 0e24d8374a39d..fa1e0fe8f0d1e 100644
--- a/integration-tests/kubernetes/maven-invoker-way/src/it/kubernetes-docker-build-and-deploy-deployment/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/kubernetes/maven-invoker-way/src/it/kubernetes-docker-build-and-deploy-deployment/pom.xml
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
   <properties>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <surefire-plugin.version>3.1.2</surefire-plugin.version>
-    <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+    <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/integration-tests/kubernetes/maven-invoker-way/src/it/kubernetes-docker-build-and-deploy-statefulset/pom.xml b/integration-tests/kubernetes/maven-invoker-way/src/it/kubernetes-docker-build-and-deploy-statefulset/pom.xml
index fe6451e7fa880..f22eed57d8ef9 100644
--- a/integration-tests/kubernetes/maven-invoker-way/src/it/kubernetes-docker-build-and-deploy-statefulset/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/kubernetes/maven-invoker-way/src/it/kubernetes-docker-build-and-deploy-statefulset/pom.xml
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
   <properties>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <surefire-plugin.version>3.1.2</surefire-plugin.version>
-    <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+    <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/integration-tests/kubernetes/maven-invoker-way/src/it/kubernetes-jib-build-and-deploy/pom.xml b/integration-tests/kubernetes/maven-invoker-way/src/it/kubernetes-jib-build-and-deploy/pom.xml
index cd221c0458b65..de6c5713afd4c 100644
--- a/integration-tests/kubernetes/maven-invoker-way/src/it/kubernetes-jib-build-and-deploy/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/kubernetes/maven-invoker-way/src/it/kubernetes-jib-build-and-deploy/pom.xml
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
   <properties>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <surefire-plugin.version>3.1.2</surefire-plugin.version>
-    <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+    <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/integration-tests/kubernetes/maven-invoker-way/src/it/kubernetes-with-existing-selectorless-manifest/pom.xml b/integration-tests/kubernetes/maven-invoker-way/src/it/kubernetes-with-existing-selectorless-manifest/pom.xml
index ebc57fe7f5931..31074411b816b 100644
--- a/integration-tests/kubernetes/maven-invoker-way/src/it/kubernetes-with-existing-selectorless-manifest/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/kubernetes/maven-invoker-way/src/it/kubernetes-with-existing-selectorless-manifest/pom.xml
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
   <properties>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <surefire-plugin.version>3.1.2</surefire-plugin.version>
-    <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+    <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/integration-tests/kubernetes/maven-invoker-way/src/it/kubernetes-with-grpc-same-server/pom.xml b/integration-tests/kubernetes/maven-invoker-way/src/it/kubernetes-with-grpc-same-server/pom.xml
index a61b38cec58b0..a992773921f87 100644
--- a/integration-tests/kubernetes/maven-invoker-way/src/it/kubernetes-with-grpc-same-server/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/kubernetes/maven-invoker-way/src/it/kubernetes-with-grpc-same-server/pom.xml
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
   <properties>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <surefire-plugin.version>3.1.2</surefire-plugin.version>
-    <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+    <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/integration-tests/kubernetes/maven-invoker-way/src/it/kubernetes-with-grpc/pom.xml b/integration-tests/kubernetes/maven-invoker-way/src/it/kubernetes-with-grpc/pom.xml
index f6a3236a785ae..8aac50cdfedeb 100644
--- a/integration-tests/kubernetes/maven-invoker-way/src/it/kubernetes-with-grpc/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/kubernetes/maven-invoker-way/src/it/kubernetes-with-grpc/pom.xml
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
   <properties>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <surefire-plugin.version>3.1.2</surefire-plugin.version>
-    <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+    <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/integration-tests/kubernetes/maven-invoker-way/src/it/minikube-with-existing-manifest/pom.xml b/integration-tests/kubernetes/maven-invoker-way/src/it/minikube-with-existing-manifest/pom.xml
index f04333673c6f0..d78d280567409 100644
--- a/integration-tests/kubernetes/maven-invoker-way/src/it/minikube-with-existing-manifest/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/kubernetes/maven-invoker-way/src/it/minikube-with-existing-manifest/pom.xml
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
   <properties>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <surefire-plugin.version>3.1.2</surefire-plugin.version>
-    <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+    <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/integration-tests/kubernetes/maven-invoker-way/src/it/openshift-docker-build-and-deploy/pom.xml b/integration-tests/kubernetes/maven-invoker-way/src/it/openshift-docker-build-and-deploy/pom.xml
index 9835e419f434e..667a46e0355c1 100644
--- a/integration-tests/kubernetes/maven-invoker-way/src/it/openshift-docker-build-and-deploy/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/kubernetes/maven-invoker-way/src/it/openshift-docker-build-and-deploy/pom.xml
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
   <properties>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <surefire-plugin.version>3.1.2</surefire-plugin.version>
-    <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+    <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/integration-tests/kubernetes/maven-invoker-way/src/it/openshift-s2i-build-and-deploy/pom.xml b/integration-tests/kubernetes/maven-invoker-way/src/it/openshift-s2i-build-and-deploy/pom.xml
index c32baabdc8130..7343f26e67d79 100644
--- a/integration-tests/kubernetes/maven-invoker-way/src/it/openshift-s2i-build-and-deploy/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/kubernetes/maven-invoker-way/src/it/openshift-s2i-build-and-deploy/pom.xml
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
   <properties>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <surefire-plugin.version>3.1.2</surefire-plugin.version>
-    <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+    <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/integration-tests/kubernetes/maven-invoker-way/src/it/openshift-with-output-directory-build-and-deploy/pom.xml b/integration-tests/kubernetes/maven-invoker-way/src/it/openshift-with-output-directory-build-and-deploy/pom.xml
index 369de652a1e99..c191bcdacf8dc 100644
--- a/integration-tests/kubernetes/maven-invoker-way/src/it/openshift-with-output-directory-build-and-deploy/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/kubernetes/maven-invoker-way/src/it/openshift-with-output-directory-build-and-deploy/pom.xml
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
   <properties>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <surefire-plugin.version>3.0.0</surefire-plugin.version>
-    <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+    <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kubernetes/KubernetesWithQuarkusAppNameTest.java b/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kubernetes/KubernetesWithQuarkusAppNameTest.java
index 71f0bc4a5e6d7..00bddeaa06c2d 100644
--- a/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kubernetes/KubernetesWithQuarkusAppNameTest.java
+++ b/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kubernetes/KubernetesWithQuarkusAppNameTest.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public void assertGeneratedResources() throws IOException {
         List<HasMetadata> openshiftList = DeserializationUtil
                 .deserializeAsList(kubernetesDir.resolve("openshift.yml"));
         assertThat(openshiftList).allSatisfy(h -> {
-            assertThat(h.getMetadata().getName()).isIn("ofoo", "foo", "openjdk-11");
+            assertThat(h.getMetadata().getName()).isIn("ofoo", "foo", "openjdk-17");
             assertThat(h.getMetadata().getLabels()).contains(entry("app.kubernetes.io/name", "ofoo"),
                     entry("app.kubernetes.io/version", "1.0-openshift"));
         });
diff --git a/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kubernetes/KubernetesWithSpecifiedContainerNameTest.java b/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kubernetes/KubernetesWithSpecifiedContainerNameTest.java
index 1008f62907f6d..fa578f7ba2473 100644
--- a/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kubernetes/KubernetesWithSpecifiedContainerNameTest.java
+++ b/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kubernetes/KubernetesWithSpecifiedContainerNameTest.java
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public void assertGeneratedResources() throws IOException {
                 });
             });
 
-            assertThat(h.getMetadata().getName()).isIn("ofoo", "foo", "openjdk-11");
+            assertThat(h.getMetadata().getName()).isIn("ofoo", "foo", "openjdk-17");
             assertThat(h.getMetadata().getLabels()).contains(entry("app.kubernetes.io/name", "ofoo"));
         });
     }
diff --git a/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/resources/openshift-with-legacy-sidecar-and-s2i.properties b/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/resources/openshift-with-legacy-sidecar-and-s2i.properties
index f293fcce1ccff..8848c5b4df735 100644
--- a/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/resources/openshift-with-legacy-sidecar-and-s2i.properties
+++ b/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/resources/openshift-with-legacy-sidecar-and-s2i.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 quarkus.openshift.route.expose=true
-quarkus.s2i.base-jvm-image=my.registry.example/openjdk/openjdk-11-rhel7
+quarkus.s2i.base-jvm-image=my.registry.example/openjdk/openjdk-17-rhel8
 quarkus.openshift.containers.sc.image=quay.io/sidecar/image:2.1
 quarkus.openshift.containers.sc.image-pull-policy=IfNotPresent
 quarkus.openshift.containers.sc.command=ls
diff --git a/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/resources/openshift-with-sidecar-and-s2i.properties b/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/resources/openshift-with-sidecar-and-s2i.properties
index f60a7825fec4f..85a695636b57c 100644
--- a/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/resources/openshift-with-sidecar-and-s2i.properties
+++ b/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/resources/openshift-with-sidecar-and-s2i.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 quarkus.openshift.route.expose=true
-quarkus.s2i.base-jvm-image=my.registry.example/openjdk/openjdk-11-rhel7
+quarkus.s2i.base-jvm-image=my.registry.example/openjdk/openjdk-17-rhel8
 quarkus.openshift.sidecars.sc.image=quay.io/sidecar/image:2.1
 quarkus.openshift.sidecars.sc.image-pull-policy=IfNotPresent
 quarkus.openshift.sidecars.sc.command=ls
diff --git a/integration-tests/kubernetes/src/it/openshift-s2i-build-and-deploy/pom.xml b/integration-tests/kubernetes/src/it/openshift-s2i-build-and-deploy/pom.xml
index f53561bd00312..c18c0484c10d9 100644
--- a/integration-tests/kubernetes/src/it/openshift-s2i-build-and-deploy/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/kubernetes/src/it/openshift-s2i-build-and-deploy/pom.xml
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
   <properties>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <surefire-plugin.version>3.1.2</surefire-plugin.version>
-    <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+    <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/CreateProjectMojoIT.java b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/CreateProjectMojoIT.java
index 8374d41fe2a17..d493be1b826b6 100644
--- a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/CreateProjectMojoIT.java
+++ b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/CreateProjectMojoIT.java
@@ -458,24 +458,6 @@ public void testProjectGenerationFromScratchWithAppConfigParameter() throws Mave
 
     }
 
-    @Test
-    public void testProjectGenerationFromScratchWithJava11() throws MavenInvocationException, IOException {
-        testDir = initEmptyProject("projects/project-generation-with-java11");
-        assertThat(testDir).isDirectory();
-        invoker = initInvoker(testDir);
-
-        Properties properties = new Properties();
-        properties.put("javaVersion", "11");
-
-        InvocationResult result = setup(properties);
-        assertThat(result.getExitCode()).isZero();
-
-        testDir = new File(testDir, "code-with-quarkus");
-        assertThat(new File(testDir, "pom.xml")).isFile();
-        assertThat(FileUtils.readFileToString(new File(testDir, "pom.xml"), "UTF-8"))
-                .contains("maven.compiler.release>11<");
-    }
-
     @Test
     public void testProjectGenerationFromScratchWithJava17() throws MavenInvocationException, IOException {
         testDir = initEmptyProject("projects/project-generation-with-java17");
@@ -512,25 +494,6 @@ public void testProjectGenerationFromScratchWithJava21() throws MavenInvocationE
                 .contains("maven.compiler.release>21<");
     }
 
-    @Test
-    public void testProjectGenerationFromScratchWithGradleJava11() throws MavenInvocationException, IOException {
-        testDir = initEmptyProject("projects/project-generation-with-gradle-java11");
-        assertThat(testDir).isDirectory();
-        invoker = initInvoker(testDir);
-
-        Properties properties = new Properties();
-        properties.put("javaVersion", "11");
-        properties.put("buildTool", "gradle");
-
-        InvocationResult result = setup(properties);
-        assertThat(result.getExitCode()).isZero();
-
-        testDir = new File(testDir, "code-with-quarkus");
-        assertThat(new File(testDir, "build.gradle")).isFile();
-        assertThat(FileUtils.readFileToString(new File(testDir, "build.gradle"), "UTF-8"))
-                .contains("sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11");
-    }
-
     @Test
     public void testProjectGenerationFromScratchWithGradleJava17() throws MavenInvocationException, IOException {
         testDir = initEmptyProject("projects/project-generation-with-gradle-java17");
diff --git a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/DevMojoIT.java b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/DevMojoIT.java
index 3cbe292a417fb..bf298c21d3bf0 100644
--- a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/DevMojoIT.java
+++ b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/DevMojoIT.java
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ public void testCustomOutputDirSetInProfile() throws MavenInvocationException, I
 
     @Test
     public void testThatNonExistentSrcDirCanBeAdded() throws MavenInvocationException, IOException {
-        testDir = initProject("projects/classic", "projects/project-classic-run-java-change");
+        testDir = initProject("projects/classic", "projects/project-classic-non-existent-src-dir-can-be-added");
 
         File sourceDir = new File(testDir, "src/main/java");
         File sourceDirMoved = new File(testDir, "src/main/java-moved");
diff --git a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/ImageBuildIT.java b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/ImageBuildIT.java
index 8c2ea8370fe96..537c81629f547 100644
--- a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/ImageBuildIT.java
+++ b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/ImageBuildIT.java
@@ -19,14 +19,14 @@ public class ImageBuildIT extends MojoTestBase {
     private RunningInvoker running;
     private File testDir;
 
-    // We can only test with jib as its the only extension that has 0 dependencies from the system.
+    // We can only test with jib as it's the only extension that has 0 dependencies from the system.
     @Test
     @EnabledOnOs({ OS.LINUX })
     public void testImageBuildWithJib() throws Exception {
         Properties buildProperties = new Properties();
         buildProperties.put("quarkus.container-image.builder", "jib");
 
-        testDir = initProject("projects/classic");
+        testDir = initProject("projects/classic", "projects/image-build-with-jib");
         running = new RunningInvoker(testDir, false);
         final MavenProcessInvocationResult result = running.execute(Collections.singletonList("quarkus:image-build"),
                 Collections.emptyMap(), buildProperties);
diff --git a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/TestUtils.java b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/TestUtils.java
index c9d76849403e7..3f1d8e5d15adb 100644
--- a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/TestUtils.java
+++ b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/java/io/quarkus/maven/it/TestUtils.java
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 final class TestUtils {
 
-    private static final long DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = OS.current() == OS.WINDOWS ? 3L : 1L;
+    private static final long DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = OS.current() == OS.WINDOWS ? 3L : 2L;
 
     private TestUtils() {
     }
diff --git a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources-filtered/expected/create-extension-pom-add-to-bom/add-to-bom/pom.xml b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources-filtered/expected/create-extension-pom-add-to-bom/add-to-bom/pom.xml
index 319dbedf23060..ce1c6a8583ec8 100644
--- a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources-filtered/expected/create-extension-pom-add-to-bom/add-to-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources-filtered/expected/create-extension-pom-add-to-bom/add-to-bom/pom.xml
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
         <maven.compiler.parameters>true</maven.compiler.parameters>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources-filtered/expected/create-extension-pom-itest/itest/pom.xml b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources-filtered/expected/create-extension-pom-itest/itest/pom.xml
index 8845208427579..ce69dfc08adb7 100644
--- a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources-filtered/expected/create-extension-pom-itest/itest/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources-filtered/expected/create-extension-pom-itest/itest/pom.xml
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
         <maven.compiler.parameters>true</maven.compiler.parameters>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources-filtered/expected/create-extension-pom-minimal/minimal-extension/pom.xml b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources-filtered/expected/create-extension-pom-minimal/minimal-extension/pom.xml
index d871a8b9c5d15..dc6bcdb39ff84 100644
--- a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources-filtered/expected/create-extension-pom-minimal/minimal-extension/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources-filtered/expected/create-extension-pom-minimal/minimal-extension/pom.xml
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
         <maven.compiler.parameters>true</maven.compiler.parameters>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources-filtered/expected/create-extension-pom-with-grand-parent/with-grand-parent/pom.xml b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources-filtered/expected/create-extension-pom-with-grand-parent/with-grand-parent/pom.xml
index d5d412671b2f1..3db396312fb52 100644
--- a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources-filtered/expected/create-extension-pom-with-grand-parent/with-grand-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources-filtered/expected/create-extension-pom-with-grand-parent/with-grand-parent/pom.xml
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
         <maven.compiler.parameters>true</maven.compiler.parameters>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources-filtered/expected/new-extension-current-directory-project/pom.xml b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources-filtered/expected/new-extension-current-directory-project/pom.xml
index d617e29e4f8ff..a3aa84bdee7ae 100644
--- a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources-filtered/expected/new-extension-current-directory-project/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources-filtered/expected/new-extension-current-directory-project/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-        <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
+        <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
         <quarkus.version>\${project.version}</quarkus.version>
         <compiler-plugin.version>\${compiler-plugin.version}</compiler-plugin.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources-filtered/expected/new-extension-project-with-jboss-parent/my-ext/pom.xml b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources-filtered/expected/new-extension-project-with-jboss-parent/my-ext/pom.xml
index cd2cbbf21187c..218d2d5c53e18 100644
--- a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources-filtered/expected/new-extension-project-with-jboss-parent/my-ext/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources-filtered/expected/new-extension-project-with-jboss-parent/my-ext/pom.xml
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
         <maven.compiler.parameters>true</maven.compiler.parameters>
         <quarkus.version>\${project.version}</quarkus.version>
         <compiler-plugin.version>\${compiler-plugin.version}</compiler-plugin.version>
diff --git a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources-filtered/expected/new-extension-project/my-ext/pom.xml b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources-filtered/expected/new-extension-project/my-ext/pom.xml
index d617e29e4f8ff..a3aa84bdee7ae 100644
--- a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources-filtered/expected/new-extension-project/my-ext/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources-filtered/expected/new-extension-project/my-ext/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-        <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
+        <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
         <quarkus.version>\${project.version}</quarkus.version>
         <compiler-plugin.version>\${compiler-plugin.version}</compiler-plugin.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources-filtered/projects/codegen-config-factory/app/src/main/docker/Dockerfile.jvm b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources-filtered/projects/codegen-config-factory/app/src/main/docker/Dockerfile.jvm
index 1617fd89fa050..fd5272297c2ef 100644
--- a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources-filtered/projects/codegen-config-factory/app/src/main/docker/Dockerfile.jvm
+++ b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources-filtered/projects/codegen-config-factory/app/src/main/docker/Dockerfile.jvm
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 #   accessed directly. (example: "foo.example.com,bar.example.com")
 #
 ###
-FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/openjdk-11:1.14
+FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/openjdk-17:1.18
 
 ENV LANGUAGE='en_US:en'
 
diff --git a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources-filtered/projects/codegen-config-factory/app/src/main/docker/Dockerfile.legacy-jar b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources-filtered/projects/codegen-config-factory/app/src/main/docker/Dockerfile.legacy-jar
index 189ff4eb040e3..95ce7681973c5 100644
--- a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources-filtered/projects/codegen-config-factory/app/src/main/docker/Dockerfile.legacy-jar
+++ b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources-filtered/projects/codegen-config-factory/app/src/main/docker/Dockerfile.legacy-jar
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 #   accessed directly. (example: "foo.example.com,bar.example.com")
 #
 ###
-FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/openjdk-11:1.14
+FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/openjdk-17:1.18
 
 ENV LANGUAGE='en_US:en'
 
diff --git a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources/__snapshots__/CreateExtensionMojoIT/testCreateQuarkiverseExtension/quarkus-my-quarkiverse-ext_.github_workflows_build.yml b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources/__snapshots__/CreateExtensionMojoIT/testCreateQuarkiverseExtension/quarkus-my-quarkiverse-ext_.github_workflows_build.yml
index 5da57b27e4dba..b37f375508f20 100644
--- a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources/__snapshots__/CreateExtensionMojoIT/testCreateQuarkiverseExtension/quarkus-my-quarkiverse-ext_.github_workflows_build.yml
+++ b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources/__snapshots__/CreateExtensionMojoIT/testCreateQuarkiverseExtension/quarkus-my-quarkiverse-ext_.github_workflows_build.yml
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ jobs:
         if: startsWith(matrix.os, 'windows')
 
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: Set up JDK 11
+      - name: Set up JDK 17
         uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
           distribution: temurin
-          java-version: 11
+          java-version: 17
           cache: 'maven'
 
       - name: Build with Maven
diff --git a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources/__snapshots__/CreateExtensionMojoIT/testCreateQuarkiverseExtension/quarkus-my-quarkiverse-ext_.github_workflows_quarkus-snapshot.yaml b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources/__snapshots__/CreateExtensionMojoIT/testCreateQuarkiverseExtension/quarkus-my-quarkiverse-ext_.github_workflows_quarkus-snapshot.yaml
index ed1e496f85d6b..a66162f56c867 100644
--- a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources/__snapshots__/CreateExtensionMojoIT/testCreateQuarkiverseExtension/quarkus-my-quarkiverse-ext_.github_workflows_quarkus-snapshot.yaml
+++ b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources/__snapshots__/CreateExtensionMojoIT/testCreateQuarkiverseExtension/quarkus-my-quarkiverse-ext_.github_workflows_quarkus-snapshot.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ on:
 env:
   ECOSYSTEM_CI_REPO: quarkusio/quarkus-ecosystem-ci
   ECOSYSTEM_CI_REPO_FILE: context.yaml
-  JAVA_VERSION: 11
+  JAVA_VERSION: 17
 
   #########################
   # Repo specific setting #
diff --git a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources/__snapshots__/CreateExtensionMojoIT/testCreateQuarkiverseExtension/quarkus-my-quarkiverse-ext_.github_workflows_release.yml b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources/__snapshots__/CreateExtensionMojoIT/testCreateQuarkiverseExtension/quarkus-my-quarkiverse-ext_.github_workflows_release.yml
index 9576f81ad7c05..2a3577769d630 100644
--- a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources/__snapshots__/CreateExtensionMojoIT/testCreateQuarkiverseExtension/quarkus-my-quarkiverse-ext_.github_workflows_release.yml
+++ b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources/__snapshots__/CreateExtensionMojoIT/testCreateQuarkiverseExtension/quarkus-my-quarkiverse-ext_.github_workflows_release.yml
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ jobs:
           gpg_private_key: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
           passphrase: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
 
-      - name: Set up JDK 11
+      - name: Set up JDK 17
         uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
           distribution: temurin
-          java-version: 11
+          java-version: 17
           cache: 'maven'
           server-id: ossrh
           server-username: MAVEN_USERNAME
diff --git a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources/__snapshots__/CreateExtensionMojoIT/testCreateQuarkiverseExtension/quarkus-my-quarkiverse-ext_pom.xml b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources/__snapshots__/CreateExtensionMojoIT/testCreateQuarkiverseExtension/quarkus-my-quarkiverse-ext_pom.xml
index 65d094b29b632..5b3cfb537f46c 100644
--- a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources/__snapshots__/CreateExtensionMojoIT/testCreateQuarkiverseExtension/quarkus-my-quarkiverse-ext_pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources/__snapshots__/CreateExtensionMojoIT/testCreateQuarkiverseExtension/quarkus-my-quarkiverse-ext_pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   </scm>
   <properties>
     <compiler-plugin.version>3.11.0</compiler-plugin.version>
-    <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
+    <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <quarkus.version>2.10.5.Final</quarkus.version>
diff --git a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources/__snapshots__/CreateExtensionMojoIT/testCreateStandaloneExtension/my-org-my-own-ext_pom.xml b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources/__snapshots__/CreateExtensionMojoIT/testCreateStandaloneExtension/my-org-my-own-ext_pom.xml
index 20efb6a780683..eb38615c379de 100644
--- a/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources/__snapshots__/CreateExtensionMojoIT/testCreateStandaloneExtension/my-org-my-own-ext_pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/maven/src/test/resources/__snapshots__/CreateExtensionMojoIT/testCreateStandaloneExtension/my-org-my-own-ext_pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   <properties>
     <compiler-plugin.version>3.11.0</compiler-plugin.version>
     <failsafe-plugin.version>${surefire-plugin.version}</failsafe-plugin.version>
-    <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
+    <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <quarkus.version>2.10.5.Final</quarkus.version>
diff --git a/integration-tests/qute/pom.xml b/integration-tests/qute/pom.xml
index 0d3f59bf0d5be..1e6870c1a471f 100644
--- a/integration-tests/qute/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/qute/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
         <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-    
+
     <artifactId>quarkus-integration-test-qute</artifactId>
     <name>Quarkus - Integration Tests - Qute</name>
     <description>Qute integration test module</description>
@@ -109,11 +109,6 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>${compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>11</source>
-                    <target>11</target>
-                    <parameters>true</parameters>
-                </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
diff --git a/integration-tests/scala/src/test/resources/projects/classic-scala/pom.xml b/integration-tests/scala/src/test/resources/projects/classic-scala/pom.xml
index 5ece6f2ef1e7c..ee6ed9e3dc340 100644
--- a/integration-tests/scala/src/test/resources/projects/classic-scala/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/scala/src/test/resources/projects/classic-scala/pom.xml
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
     <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <properties>
         <quarkus.version>@project.version@</quarkus.version>
-        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
         <scala.version>@scala.version@</scala.version>
         <scala-maven-plugin.version>@scala-maven-plugin.version@</scala-maven-plugin.version>
         <surefire-plugin.version>@version.surefire.plugin@</surefire-plugin.version>
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
                         <arg>-deprecation</arg>
                         <arg>-feature</arg>
                         <arg>-explaintypes</arg>
-                        <arg>-target:jvm-11</arg>
+                        <arg>-release:17</arg>
                     </args>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
diff --git a/integration-tests/scala/src/test/resources/projects/external-reloadable-artifacts/app/pom.xml b/integration-tests/scala/src/test/resources/projects/external-reloadable-artifacts/app/pom.xml
index d814e579300b6..d6ec72e0a9f1e 100644
--- a/integration-tests/scala/src/test/resources/projects/external-reloadable-artifacts/app/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/scala/src/test/resources/projects/external-reloadable-artifacts/app/pom.xml
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
 
     <properties>
         <quarkus.version>@project.version@</quarkus.version>
-        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
         <scala.version>@scala.version@</scala.version>
         <scala-maven-plugin.version>@scala-maven-plugin.version@</scala-maven-plugin.version>
         <surefire-plugin.version>@version.surefire.plugin@</surefire-plugin.version>
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
                         <arg>-deprecation</arg>
                         <arg>-feature</arg>
                         <arg>-explaintypes</arg>
-                        <arg>-target:jvm-11</arg>
+                        <arg>-release:17</arg>
                     </args>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
diff --git a/integration-tests/scala/src/test/resources/projects/external-reloadable-artifacts/external-lib/pom.xml b/integration-tests/scala/src/test/resources/projects/external-reloadable-artifacts/external-lib/pom.xml
index b7ead6173ecc0..1c15f735f9b74 100644
--- a/integration-tests/scala/src/test/resources/projects/external-reloadable-artifacts/external-lib/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/scala/src/test/resources/projects/external-reloadable-artifacts/external-lib/pom.xml
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
 
     <properties>
         <quarkus.version>@project.version@</quarkus.version>
-        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
         <scala.version>@scala.version@</scala.version>
         <scala-maven-plugin.version>@scala-maven-plugin.version@</scala-maven-plugin.version>
         <maven.jar.plugin.version>3.2.2</maven.jar.plugin.version>
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
                         <arg>-deprecation</arg>
                         <arg>-feature</arg>
                         <arg>-explaintypes</arg>
-                        <arg>-target:jvm-11</arg>
+                        <arg>-release:17</arg>
                     </args>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
diff --git a/integration-tests/test-extension/tests/src/test/resources-filtered/projects/project-using-test-callback-from-extension/pom.xml b/integration-tests/test-extension/tests/src/test/resources-filtered/projects/project-using-test-callback-from-extension/pom.xml
index cc098681c0c59..52663a431fa0b 100644
--- a/integration-tests/test-extension/tests/src/test/resources-filtered/projects/project-using-test-callback-from-extension/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/test-extension/tests/src/test/resources-filtered/projects/project-using-test-callback-from-extension/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <compiler-plugin.version>${compiler-plugin.version}</compiler-plugin.version>
     <failsafe.useModulePath>false</failsafe.useModulePath>
     <quarkus.bom.artifact-id>quarkus-bom</quarkus.bom.artifact-id>
-    <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
+    <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <surefire-plugin.version>3.1.2</surefire-plugin.version>
diff --git a/integration-tests/test-extension/tests/src/test/resources-filtered/projects/project-using-test-parameter-injection/pom.xml b/integration-tests/test-extension/tests/src/test/resources-filtered/projects/project-using-test-parameter-injection/pom.xml
index aac91a5239cc2..94a911512ac8e 100644
--- a/integration-tests/test-extension/tests/src/test/resources-filtered/projects/project-using-test-parameter-injection/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/test-extension/tests/src/test/resources-filtered/projects/project-using-test-parameter-injection/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <properties>
     <compiler-plugin.version>${compiler-plugin.version}</compiler-plugin.version>
     <failsafe.useModulePath>false</failsafe.useModulePath>
-    <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
+    <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <quarkus.bom.artifact-id>quarkus-bom</quarkus.bom.artifact-id>
diff --git a/integration-tests/test-extension/tests/src/test/resources-filtered/projects/project-using-test-template-from-extension/pom.xml b/integration-tests/test-extension/tests/src/test/resources-filtered/projects/project-using-test-template-from-extension/pom.xml
index eef420dac8589..d18b282118578 100644
--- a/integration-tests/test-extension/tests/src/test/resources-filtered/projects/project-using-test-template-from-extension/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/test-extension/tests/src/test/resources-filtered/projects/project-using-test-template-from-extension/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <compiler-plugin.version>${compiler-plugin.version}</compiler-plugin.version>
     <failsafe.useModulePath>false</failsafe.useModulePath>
     <quarkus.bom.artifact-id>quarkus-bom</quarkus.bom.artifact-id>
-    <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
+    <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <surefire-plugin.version>3.1.2</surefire-plugin.version>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fc0f5a8d1bd12..95c302a1a7bd6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -51,11 +51,6 @@
     </issueManagement>
 
     <properties>
-        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
-        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
-        <maven.compiler.parameters>true</maven.compiler.parameters>
-
         <graalvmHome>${env.GRAALVM_HOME}</graalvmHome>
         <postgres.url>jdbc:postgresql:hibernate_orm_test</postgres.url>
 
diff --git a/test-framework/devmode-test-utils/pom.xml b/test-framework/devmode-test-utils/pom.xml
index 4311def04cd6e..563f1268f72c9 100644
--- a/test-framework/devmode-test-utils/pom.xml
+++ b/test-framework/devmode-test-utils/pom.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
     <name>Quarkus - Test Framework - Dev Mode Test Utils</name>
 
     <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jboss.logging</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jboss-logging</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
diff --git a/test-framework/devmode-test-utils/src/main/java/io/quarkus/test/devmode/util/DevModeClient.java b/test-framework/devmode-test-utils/src/main/java/io/quarkus/test/devmode/util/DevModeClient.java
index 82fe2688d8853..cb71d4e0449f6 100644
--- a/test-framework/devmode-test-utils/src/main/java/io/quarkus/test/devmode/util/DevModeClient.java
+++ b/test-framework/devmode-test-utils/src/main/java/io/quarkus/test/devmode/util/DevModeClient.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
+import org.jboss.logging.Logger;
 
 import io.smallrye.common.os.OS;
 
@@ -26,6 +27,8 @@ public class DevModeClient {
 
     private static final long DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = OS.current() == OS.WINDOWS ? 3L : 1L;
 
+    private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(DevModeClient.class);
+
     static long getDefaultTimeout() {
         return DEFAULT_TIMEOUT;
     }
@@ -180,6 +183,10 @@ public String getHttpResponse(String path, boolean allowError, Supplier<String>
                         resp.set(content);
                         return true;
                     } catch (Exception e) {
+                        LOG.error(
+                                "An error occurred when DevModeClient accessed " + path
+                                        + ". It might be a normal testing behavior but logging the exception for information",
+                                e);
                         return false;
                     }
                 });
@@ -206,6 +213,10 @@ public boolean getHttpResponse(String path, int expectedStatus, long timeout, Ti
                         }
                         return false;
                     } catch (Exception e) {
+                        LOG.error(
+                                "An error occurred when DevModeClient accessed " + path
+                                        + ". It might be a normal testing behavior but logging the exception for information",
+                                e);
                         return false;
                     }
                 });
@@ -227,6 +238,10 @@ public boolean getStrictHttpResponse(String path, int expectedStatus) {
                         //complete no matter what the response code was
                         return true;
                     } catch (Exception e) {
+                        LOG.error(
+                                "An error occurred when DevModeClient accessed " + path
+                                        + ". It might be a normal testing behavior but logging the exception for information",
+                                e);
                         return false;
                     }
                 });