diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 05e028072..73ece904e 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 orcaVersion=8.56.0
 org.gradle.parallel=true
 spinnakerGradleVersion=8.32.1
-targetJava17=false
+targetJava17=true
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2g
 
-targetJava17=true