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@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ In the instructions below, https://vimeo.com/34436402[`./gradlew`] is invoked fr
 a cross-platform, self-contained bootstrap mechanism for the build.
 
 === Prerequisites
-https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/quickstart/set-up-git[Git] and the https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/downloads/#java17[JDK17 build].
+https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/quickstart/set-up-git[Git] and the https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/downloads/#java25[JDK25 build].
 
-Be sure that your `JAVA_HOME` environment variable points to the `jdk-17` folder extracted from the JDK download.
+Be sure that your `JAVA_HOME` environment variable points to the `jdk-25` folder extracted from the JDK download.
 
 === Check out sources
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