OpenJDK 26.0.2, 25.0.4, 21.0.12, 17.0.20, 11.0.32 and 1.8.0_502 now available
Change effective on 22 July 2026
Heroku’s support for Java, Scala, Clojure, and Groovy now uses the following default versions for each supported major version:
- Java 8 is now
1.8.0_502 - Java 11 is now
11.0.32 - Java 17 is now
17.0.20 - Java 21 is now
21.0.12 - Java 25 is now
25.0.4 - Java 26 is now
26.0.2
Please visit the Dev Center for more information on Java version support.