diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 336fe68..4e41f8b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@8df1039502a15bceb9433410b1a100fbe190c53b # v4
+        with:
+          distribution: "temurin"
+          java-version: "17"
+
       - uses: actions/setup-python@f677139bbe7f9c59b41e40162b753c062f5d49a3 # v5
         with:
           python-version: "3.11"
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b909fd2..7b7da87 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ Initial release of nf-core/references, created with the [nf-core](https://nf-co.
 - [33](https://github.com/nf-core/references/pull/33) - Deal with existing faidx, sizes
 - [36](https://github.com/nf-core/references/pull/36) - Deal intervals generation
 - [39](https://github.com/nf-core/references/pull/39) - Fix gtf generation and dependencies
+- [50](https://github.com/nf-core/references/pull/50) - Minimal JAVA is 17
 
 ### Dependencies