From 058cd64c0891769899f5e662136b945fff043dce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Baltzell <baltzell@jlab.org>
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2025 17:26:30 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] use 21 in ci

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 9495ae490f..dc6e8e4c36 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ defaults:
     shell: bash
 
 env:
-  java_version: 17
+  java_version: 21
   java_distribution: zulu
   javadoc_version: 24 # newer than `java_version` for better javadoc
   groovy_version: 4.x

From 9a2aba484d84932a88d7c293f4ab70362fcf7bf7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Baltzell <baltzell@jlab.org>
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2025 17:28:24 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] 21 build

---
 pom.xml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dfd02b761f..2546e9a762 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>3.14.1</version>
         <configuration>
-          <release>17</release>
+          <release>21</release>
           <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>