diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index a68cdc1d7..256e7de81 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ javaVersions {
 }
 
 jdks {
-    daemonTarget = 17
+    daemonTarget = 21
 
     jdk(23) {
         distribution = 'graalvm-ce'
diff --git a/gradle/gradle-daemon-jdk-version b/gradle/gradle-daemon-jdk-version
index 98d9bcb75..aabe6ec39 100644
--- a/gradle/gradle-daemon-jdk-version
+++ b/gradle/gradle-daemon-jdk-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-17
+21