diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index 6520e09..42ea2b4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
         id: setup-java
         with:
           distribution: "temurin"
-          java-version: "21"
+          java-version: "25"
 
       - name: Gradle build
         run: ./gradlew build -x test
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 576aa45..8cb2a2f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-java@v5
         with:
           distribution: 'temurin'
-          java-version: '21'
+          java-version: '25'
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - name: Cache Gradle Dependencies
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
index 71a24d0..33c5cc2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
             - uses: actions/setup-java@v5
               with:
                   distribution: 'temurin'
-                  java-version: '21'
+                  java-version: '25'
                   cache: 'gradle'
             - name: Run tests
               run: |
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 5870982..e324045 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM gcr.io/distroless/java21-debian12@sha256:995893ef4d670f7497394d8bc680ca61ae79bd6d4fedf23b4589028e91645aa4
+FROM gcr.io/distroless/java25-debian13@sha256:0ea0c4491a57effa3c49c669564b3642d591ed52a3928f22b4cf829bd2736a57
 WORKDIR /app
 COPY build/install/*/lib /lib
 ENV JAVA_OPTS="-Dlogback.configurationFile=logback.xml"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9ac3688..0b6af88 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Simple application to showcase a CRUD Rest API application in Kotlin
 
 ### Prerequisites
-Make sure you have the Java JDK 21 installed
+Make sure you have the Java JDK 25 installed
 You can check which version you have installed using this command:
 ``` bash script
 java -version
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 3524fb1..971e97d 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 group = "io.github.MikAoJk"
 version = "1.0.0"
 
-val javaVersion = 21
+val javaVersion = 25
 
 val ktorVersion = "3.3.2"
 val junitJupiterVersion = "6.0.1"
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ val postgresVersion = "42.7.8"
 
 
 plugins {
-    kotlin("jvm") version "2.2.21"
+    kotlin("jvm") version "2.3.0-Beta2"
     id("application")
 }