diff --git a/modules/maven/21/configure.sh b/modules/maven/21/configure.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..84da8a53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/maven/21/configure.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+# This file is shipped by a Maven package and sets JAVA_HOME to
+# an OpenJDK-specific path. This causes problems for OpenJ9 containers
+# as the path is not correct for them.  We don't need this in any of
+# the containers because we set JAVA_HOME in the container metadata.
+# Blank the file rather than removing it, to avoid a warning message
+# from /usr/bin/mvn.
+if [ -f /etc/java/maven.conf ]; then
+  :> /etc/java/maven.conf
+fi
diff --git a/modules/maven/21/module.yaml b/modules/maven/21/module.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8ada336d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/maven/21/module.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+schema_version: 1
+name: jboss.container.maven
+version: '3.8.21'
+description: Provides Maven v3.8 capabilities to an image.
+
+labels:
+- name: io.fabric8.s2i.version.maven
+  value: "3.8"
+
+envs:
+- name: JBOSS_CONTAINER_MAVEN_38_MODULE
+  value: /opt/jboss/container/maven/38/
+- name: MAVEN_VERSION
+  value: '3.8'
+
+modules:
+  install:
+  - name: jboss.container.maven.module
+
+packages:
+  install:
+  - maven-openjdk21
+
+execute:
+- script: configure.sh
diff --git a/ubi8-openjdk-21.yaml b/ubi8-openjdk-21.yaml
index 5e04dd29..82898727 100644
--- a/ubi8-openjdk-21.yaml
+++ b/ubi8-openjdk-21.yaml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ modules:
   - name: jboss.container.openjdk.jdk
     version: "21"
   - name: jboss.container.maven
-    version: "3.8.17"
+    version: "3.8.21"
   - name: jboss.container.util.tzdata
   - name: jboss.container.java.s2i.bash