diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index c239b86..e768068 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - uses: olafurpg/setup-scala@v13
+        with:
+          java-version: adopt@1.11
       # Sometimes compiling the project leads to yarn.lock changes which creates a conflict with the project version
       # derived from sbt-git, this version problem causes the release to fail.
       # The workaround is to remove the local changes (git stash) and try releasing again.