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 ## Requirements
 
-Java 11 or higher is required to build the projects in this repository. The built artifacts can be
+Java 17 or higher is required to build the projects in this repository. The built artifacts can be
 used on Java 8 or higher.
 
 ## Building opentelemetry-java