diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-env/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup-env/action.yml
index 8ef59df42a..4f2a968de2 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup-env/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-env/action.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ inputs:
     type: string
     description: 'The version of Java to install'
     required: false
-    default: '11'
+    default: '17'
   go-version:
     type: string
     description: 'The version of Go to install'
diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-java-env/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup-java-env/action.yml
index c3b50c7158..1d736f179c 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup-java-env/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-java-env/action.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ inputs:
     type: string
     description: 'The version of Java to install'
     required: false
-    default: '11'
+    default: '17'
 outputs:
   cache-hit:
     description: 'Whether or not there was a cache hit'
diff --git a/contributor-docs/code-contributions.md b/contributor-docs/code-contributions.md
index 0e3f6efceb..073881adfa 100644
--- a/contributor-docs/code-contributions.md
+++ b/contributor-docs/code-contributions.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ these can be found in the following locations:
 
 ### Requirements
 
-* Java 11
+* Java 17
 * Maven 3
 * IntelliJ (recommended) or another editor of your choice
 
diff --git a/it/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/it/gcp/artifacts/matchers/ArtifactsSubject.java b/it/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/it/gcp/artifacts/matchers/ArtifactsSubject.java
index 06ea14d039..770f32386d 100644
--- a/it/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/it/gcp/artifacts/matchers/ArtifactsSubject.java
+++ b/it/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/it/gcp/artifacts/matchers/ArtifactsSubject.java
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
 import org.apache.beam.it.gcp.artifacts.utils.JsonTestUtil;
 import org.apache.beam.it.gcp.artifacts.utils.ParquetTestUtil;
 import org.apache.beam.it.truthmatchers.RecordsSubject;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * Subject that has assertion operations for artifact lists (GCS files), usually coming from the
@@ -46,6 +48,8 @@
 })
 public final class ArtifactsSubject extends Subject {
 
+  private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ArtifactsSubject.class);
+
   private final List<Artifact> actual;
 
   private static final ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
@@ -96,8 +100,15 @@ public void hasContent(String content) {
    * @param hash Content to search for
    */
   public void hasHash(String hash) {
+
     if (actual.stream()
         .noneMatch(artifact -> sha256().hashBytes(artifact.contents()).toString().equals(hash))) {
+      actual.stream()
+          .forEach(
+              artifact -> {
+                String calculatedHash = sha256().hashBytes(artifact.contents()).toString();
+                System.out.printf("Calculated Hash (no match found): {%s} \n", calculatedHash);
+              });
       failWithActual("expected to contain hash", hash);
     }
   }
diff --git a/metadata/pom.xml b/metadata/pom.xml
index 674388eb91..a7dc4b3269 100644
--- a/metadata/pom.xml
+++ b/metadata/pom.xml
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
   <url>https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/DataflowTemplates</url>
 
   <properties>
-    <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+    <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/plaintext-logging/pom.xml b/plaintext-logging/pom.xml
index 723de36fcc..d1d731dd86 100644
--- a/plaintext-logging/pom.xml
+++ b/plaintext-logging/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   <artifactId>plaintext-logging</artifactId>
 
   <properties>
-    <java.version>11</java.version>
+    <java.version>17</java.version>
     <surefire.version>2.21.0</surefire.version>
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/plugins/core-plugin/pom.xml b/plugins/core-plugin/pom.xml
index 68e4ac0079..e29e8f4e9b 100644
--- a/plugins/core-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/core-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@
   <url>https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/DataflowTemplates</url>
 
   <properties>
-    <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+    <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
 
     <reflections.version>0.9.11</reflections.version>
     <gson.version>2.9.1</gson.version>
diff --git a/plugins/core-plugin/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/teleport/plugin/DockerfileGenerator.java b/plugins/core-plugin/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/teleport/plugin/DockerfileGenerator.java
index 35b4181ecc..575470db27 100644
--- a/plugins/core-plugin/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/teleport/plugin/DockerfileGenerator.java
+++ b/plugins/core-plugin/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/teleport/plugin/DockerfileGenerator.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 public class DockerfileGenerator {
 
   public static final String BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE =
-      "gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java11-template-launcher-base-distroless:latest";
+      "gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java17-template-launcher-base-distroless:latest";
   // Keep in sync with python version used in
   // https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/DataflowTemplates/blob/main/python/generate_dependencies.sh
   public static final String BASE_PYTHON_CONTAINER_IMAGE =
diff --git a/plugins/templates-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/plugins/templates-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 84202358f2..214373a3b2 100644
--- a/plugins/templates-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/templates-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@
   </prerequisites>
 
   <properties>
-    <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
-    <maven.version>3.3.9</maven.version>
+    <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
+    <maven.version>3.9.9</maven.version>
     <dataflow.api.version>0.7.6</dataflow.api.version>
     <mojo.executor.version>2.4.0</mojo.executor.version>
-    <maven-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-plugin.version>
+    <maven-plugin.version>3.15.1</maven-plugin.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/plugins/templates-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/teleport/plugin/maven/TemplatesReleaseFinishMojo.java b/plugins/templates-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/teleport/plugin/maven/TemplatesReleaseFinishMojo.java
index 227734d2e6..083c75aaaf 100644
--- a/plugins/templates-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/teleport/plugin/maven/TemplatesReleaseFinishMojo.java
+++ b/plugins/templates-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/teleport/plugin/maven/TemplatesReleaseFinishMojo.java
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public class TemplatesReleaseFinishMojo extends TemplatesBaseMojo {
   @Parameter(
       name = "baseContainerImage",
       defaultValue =
-          "gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java11-template-launcher-base-distroless:latest",
+          "gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java17-template-launcher-base-distroless:latest",
       required = false)
   protected String baseContainerImage;
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bfc8983fc6..659b12343d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <java.version>11</java.version>
+    <java.version>17</java.version>
 <!--    <os.detected.classifier>osx-x86_64</os.detected.classifier>-->
     <!-- Plugins -->
     <templates-maven-plugin.version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</templates-maven-plugin.version>
     <maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>3.2.1</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
     <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.11.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-    <maven-dependency-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-dependency-plugin.version>
+    <maven-dependency-plugin.version>3.8.1</maven-dependency-plugin.version>
     <maven-enforcer-plugin.version>3.5.0</maven-enforcer-plugin.version>
     <extra.enforcer.rules.version>1.8.0</extra.enforcer.rules.version>
     <maven-jar-plugin.version>3.3.0</maven-jar-plugin.version>
diff --git a/python/pom.xml b/python/pom.xml
index 63996fbf94..f107d5886f 100644
--- a/python/pom.xml
+++ b/python/pom.xml
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
   <url>https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/DataflowTemplates</url>
 
   <properties>
-    <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+    <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
 
     <!-- TODO - remove line when repo is upgraded to Beam 2.59.0 -->
     <beam-python.version>2.57.0</beam-python.version>
diff --git a/v1/pom.xml b/v1/pom.xml
index f329ac49ef..d1123a8380 100644
--- a/v1/pom.xml
+++ b/v1/pom.xml
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@
             <configuration>
               <rules>
                 <enforceBytecodeVersion>
-                  <maxJdkVersion>11</maxJdkVersion>
+                  <maxJdkVersion>17</maxJdkVersion>
                   <excludes>
                     <!--
                       Supplied by the user JDK and compiled with matching
diff --git a/v1/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/teleport/templates/BulkCompressorIT.java b/v1/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/teleport/templates/BulkCompressorIT.java
index 6dafa20cbe..4342b42436 100644
--- a/v1/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/teleport/templates/BulkCompressorIT.java
+++ b/v1/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/teleport/templates/BulkCompressorIT.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public void setup() throws IOException, URISyntaxException {
   @Test
   public void testCompressGzip() throws IOException {
     baseCompress(
-        Compression.GZIP, "81f7b7afd932b4754caaa9ba6ced7a8bcb2cbfec6857cf823e4d112125c6e939");
+        Compression.GZIP, "050f90e5523bc0ed37beb817f1ff7c68f48a537bd6246dd309132576bab009fd");
   }
 
   @Test
diff --git a/v2/astradb-to-bigquery/docs/AstraDbToBigQuery/README.md b/v2/astradb-to-bigquery/docs/AstraDbToBigQuery/README.md
index 0cc613b5c5..370f6bacb1 100644
--- a/v2/astradb-to-bigquery/docs/AstraDbToBigQuery/README.md
+++ b/v2/astradb-to-bigquery/docs/AstraDbToBigQuery/README.md
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export PROJECT=<project-id>
 export IMAGE_NAME="astradb-to-bigquery"
 export BUCKET_NAME=gs://<bucket-name>
 export TARGET_GCR_IMAGE=gcr.io/${PROJECT}/${IMAGE_NAME}
-export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java11-template-launcher-base
+export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java17-template-launcher-base
 export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE_VERSION=latest
 export TEMPLATE_MODULE="astradb-to-bigquery"
 export APP_ROOT="/template/astradb-to-bigquery"
diff --git a/v2/azure-eventhub-to-pubsub/README.md b/v2/azure-eventhub-to-pubsub/README.md
index d9200bddf9..b7d7c9dd18 100644
--- a/v2/azure-eventhub-to-pubsub/README.md
+++ b/v2/azure-eventhub-to-pubsub/README.md
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export PROJECT=my-project
 export IMAGE_NAME=azure-eventhub-to-pubsub
 export MODULE_NAME=azure-eventhub-to-pubsub
 export TARGET_GCR_IMAGE=gcr.io/${PROJECT}/${IMAGE_NAME}
-export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java11-template-launcher-base
+export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java17-template-launcher-base
 export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE_VERSION=latest
 export APP_ROOT="/template/${MODULE_NAME}"
 export COMMAND_SPEC="${APP_ROOT}/resources/${MODULE_NAME}-command-spec.json"
diff --git a/v2/bigquery-to-bigtable/README.md b/v2/bigquery-to-bigtable/README.md
index ef7a5e2d32..9a06c731f6 100644
--- a/v2/bigquery-to-bigtable/README.md
+++ b/v2/bigquery-to-bigtable/README.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export PROJECT=<my-project>
 export IMAGE_NAME=<my-image-name>
 export BUCKET_NAME=gs://<bucket-name>
 export TARGET_GCR_IMAGE=gcr.io/${PROJECT}/${IMAGE_NAME}
-export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java11-template-launcher-base
+export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java17-template-launcher-base
 export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE_VERSION=latest
 export TEMPLATE_MODULE=bigquery-to-bigtable
 export APP_ROOT=/template/${TEMPLATE_MODULE}
diff --git a/v2/bigquery-to-parquet/README.md b/v2/bigquery-to-parquet/README.md
index aeb518828b..8f1eab1ce9 100644
--- a/v2/bigquery-to-parquet/README.md
+++ b/v2/bigquery-to-parquet/README.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export PROJECT=<my-project>
 export IMAGE_NAME=<my-image-name>
 export BUCKET_NAME=gs://<bucket-name>
 export TARGET_GCR_IMAGE=gcr.io/${PROJECT}/${IMAGE_NAME}
-export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java11-template-launcher-base
+export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java17-template-launcher-base
 export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE_VERSION=latest
 export TEMPLATE_MODULE=bigquery-to-parquet
 export APP_ROOT=/template/${TEMPLATE_MODULE}
diff --git a/v2/datastream-to-bigquery/README.md b/v2/datastream-to-bigquery/README.md
index 8a26740b01..3be7a3236a 100644
--- a/v2/datastream-to-bigquery/README.md
+++ b/v2/datastream-to-bigquery/README.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export PROJECT=<my-project>
 export IMAGE_NAME=datastream-to-bigquery
 export BUCKET_NAME=gs://<bucket-name>
 export TARGET_GCR_IMAGE=gcr.io/${PROJECT}/${IMAGE_NAME}
-export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java11-template-launcher-base
+export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java17-template-launcher-base
 export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE_VERSION=latest
 export APP_ROOT=/template/${IMAGE_NAME}
 export DATAFLOW_JAVA_COMMAND_SPEC=${APP_ROOT}/resources/${IMAGE_NAME}-command-spec.json
diff --git a/v2/datastream-to-mongodb/readme.md b/v2/datastream-to-mongodb/readme.md
index 1998c61569..a8ebcaf946 100644
--- a/v2/datastream-to-mongodb/readme.md
+++ b/v2/datastream-to-mongodb/readme.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export PROJECT=<my-project>
 export IMAGE_NAME=datastream-to-mongodb
 export BUCKET_NAME=gs://<bucket-name>
 export TARGET_GCR_IMAGE=gcr.io/${PROJECT}/${IMAGE_NAME}
-export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java11-template-launcher-base
+export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java17-template-launcher-base
 export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE_VERSION=latest
 export APP_ROOT=/template/${IMAGE_NAME}
 export DATAFLOW_JAVA_COMMAND_SPEC=${APP_ROOT}/resources/${IMAGE_NAME}-command-spec.json
diff --git a/v2/datastream-to-postgres/README.md b/v2/datastream-to-postgres/README.md
index 5c6ab53d58..0d68c24f45 100644
--- a/v2/datastream-to-postgres/README.md
+++ b/v2/datastream-to-postgres/README.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export PROJECT=<my-project>
 export IMAGE_NAME=datastream-to-postgres
 export BUCKET_NAME=gs://<bucket-name>
 export TARGET_GCR_IMAGE=gcr.io/${PROJECT}/${IMAGE_NAME}
-export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java11-template-launcher-base
+export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java17-template-launcher-base
 export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE_VERSION=latest
 export APP_ROOT=/template/${IMAGE_NAME}
 export DATAFLOW_JAVA_COMMAND_SPEC=${APP_ROOT}/resources/${IMAGE_NAME}-command-spec.json
diff --git a/v2/datastream-to-spanner/README.md b/v2/datastream-to-spanner/README.md
index e2f6e53428..095d687bc5 100644
--- a/v2/datastream-to-spanner/README.md
+++ b/v2/datastream-to-spanner/README.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export PROJECT=<my-project>
 export IMAGE_NAME=datastream-to-spanner
 export BUCKET_NAME=gs://<bucket-name>
 export TARGET_GCR_IMAGE=gcr.io/${PROJECT}/${IMAGE_NAME}
-export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java11-template-launcher-base
+export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java17-template-launcher-base
 export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE_VERSION=latest
 export APP_ROOT=/template/${IMAGE_NAME}
 export DATAFLOW_JAVA_COMMAND_SPEC=${APP_ROOT}/resources/${IMAGE_NAME}-command-spec.json
diff --git a/v2/datastream-to-sql/README.md b/v2/datastream-to-sql/README.md
index f56f1ce300..7817457b79 100644
--- a/v2/datastream-to-sql/README.md
+++ b/v2/datastream-to-sql/README.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export PROJECT=<my-project>
 export IMAGE_NAME=datastream-to-postgres
 export BUCKET_NAME=gs://<bucket-name>
 export TARGET_GCR_IMAGE=gcr.io/${PROJECT}/${IMAGE_NAME}
-export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java11-template-launcher-base
+export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java17-template-launcher-base
 export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE_VERSION=latest
 export APP_ROOT=/template/${IMAGE_NAME}
 export DATAFLOW_JAVA_COMMAND_SPEC=${APP_ROOT}/resources/${IMAGE_NAME}-command-spec.json
diff --git a/v2/file-format-conversion/README.md b/v2/file-format-conversion/README.md
index cb1beabbc0..2fc49c2899 100644
--- a/v2/file-format-conversion/README.md
+++ b/v2/file-format-conversion/README.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export PROJECT=<my-project>
 export IMAGE_NAME=<my-image-name>
 export BUCKET_NAME=gs://<bucket-name>
 export TARGET_GCR_IMAGE=gcr.io/${PROJECT}/${IMAGE_NAME}
-export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java11-template-launcher-base
+export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java17-template-launcher-base
 export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE_VERSION=latest
 export TEMPLATE_MODULE=file-format-conversion
 export APP_ROOT=/template/${TEMPLATE_MODULE}
diff --git a/v2/gcs-to-sourcedb/README.md b/v2/gcs-to-sourcedb/README.md
index d992de43e6..83ae5d6c06 100644
--- a/v2/gcs-to-sourcedb/README.md
+++ b/v2/gcs-to-sourcedb/README.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export PROJECT=<my-project>
 export IMAGE_NAME=gcs-to-sourcedb
 export BUCKET_NAME=gs://<bucket-name>
 export TARGET_GCR_IMAGE=gcr.io/${PROJECT}/${IMAGE_NAME}
-export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java11-template-launcher-base
+export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java17-template-launcher-base
 export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE_VERSION=latest
 export APP_ROOT=/template/${IMAGE_NAME}
 export DATAFLOW_JAVA_COMMAND_SPEC=${APP_ROOT}/resources/${IMAGE_NAME}-command-spec.json
diff --git a/v2/googlecloud-to-elasticsearch/docs/BigQueryToElasticsearch/README.md b/v2/googlecloud-to-elasticsearch/docs/BigQueryToElasticsearch/README.md
index f7c8f9af47..0a93da58d8 100644
--- a/v2/googlecloud-to-elasticsearch/docs/BigQueryToElasticsearch/README.md
+++ b/v2/googlecloud-to-elasticsearch/docs/BigQueryToElasticsearch/README.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export PROJECT=<my-project>
 export IMAGE_NAME=<my-image-name>
 export BUCKET_NAME=gs://<bucket-name>
 export TARGET_GCR_IMAGE=gcr.io/${PROJECT}/${IMAGE_NAME}
-export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java11-template-launcher-base
+export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java17-template-launcher-base
 export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE_VERSION=latest
 export TEMPLATE_MODULE=bigquery-to-elasticsearch
 export APP_ROOT=/template/${TEMPLATE_MODULE}
diff --git a/v2/googlecloud-to-elasticsearch/docs/GCSToElasticsearch/README.md b/v2/googlecloud-to-elasticsearch/docs/GCSToElasticsearch/README.md
index d19b7b7f5e..c7c06d1b7e 100644
--- a/v2/googlecloud-to-elasticsearch/docs/GCSToElasticsearch/README.md
+++ b/v2/googlecloud-to-elasticsearch/docs/GCSToElasticsearch/README.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export PROJECT=<my-project>
 export IMAGE_NAME=<my-image-name>
 export BUCKET_NAME=gs://<bucket-name>
 export TARGET_GCR_IMAGE=gcr.io/${PROJECT}/${IMAGE_NAME}
-export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java11-template-launcher-base
+export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java17-template-launcher-base
 export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE_VERSION=latest
 export TEMPLATE_MODULE=GCS-to-elasticsearch
 export APP_ROOT=/template/${TEMPLATE_MODULE}
diff --git a/v2/googlecloud-to-elasticsearch/docs/PubSubToElasticsearch/README.md b/v2/googlecloud-to-elasticsearch/docs/PubSubToElasticsearch/README.md
index 1f87d3aaca..5ee6081b16 100644
--- a/v2/googlecloud-to-elasticsearch/docs/PubSubToElasticsearch/README.md
+++ b/v2/googlecloud-to-elasticsearch/docs/PubSubToElasticsearch/README.md
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export PROJECT=<my-project>
 export IMAGE_NAME=<my-image-name>
 export BUCKET_NAME=gs://<bucket-name>
 export TARGET_GCR_IMAGE=gcr.io/${PROJECT}/${IMAGE_NAME}
-export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java11-template-launcher-base
+export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java17-template-launcher-base
 export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE_VERSION=latest
 export TEMPLATE_MODULE=pubsub-to-elasticsearch
 export APP_ROOT=/template/${TEMPLATE_MODULE}
diff --git a/v2/googlecloud-to-googlecloud/docs/SpannerChangeStreamsToGcs/README.md b/v2/googlecloud-to-googlecloud/docs/SpannerChangeStreamsToGcs/README.md
index edb7348e61..5f4b1874f6 100644
--- a/v2/googlecloud-to-googlecloud/docs/SpannerChangeStreamsToGcs/README.md
+++ b/v2/googlecloud-to-googlecloud/docs/SpannerChangeStreamsToGcs/README.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export PROJECT=project
 export IMAGE_NAME=googlecloud-to-googlecloud
 export BUCKET_NAME=gs://bucket
 export TARGET_GCR_IMAGE=gcr.io/${PROJECT}/images/${IMAGE_NAME}
-export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java11-template-launcher-base
+export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java17-template-launcher-base
 export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE_VERSION=latest
 export TEMPLATE_MODULE=googlecloud-to-googlecloud
 export COMMAND_MODULE=spanner-changestreams-to-gcs
diff --git a/v2/googlecloud-to-googlecloud/docs/SpannerToBigQuery/README.md b/v2/googlecloud-to-googlecloud/docs/SpannerToBigQuery/README.md
index 2d7367e8a9..fa81b039c0 100644
--- a/v2/googlecloud-to-googlecloud/docs/SpannerToBigQuery/README.md
+++ b/v2/googlecloud-to-googlecloud/docs/SpannerToBigQuery/README.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export TEMPLATE_MODULE=googlecloud-to-googlecloud
 export COMMAND_MODULE=spanner-to-bigquery
 
 export TARGET_GCR_IMAGE="gcr.io/$PROJECT/images/$IMAGE_NAME"
-export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java11-template-launcher-base
+export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java17-template-launcher-base
 export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE_VERSION=latest
 export APP_ROOT="/template/$COMMAND_MODULE"
 export COMMAND_SPEC="$APP_ROOT/resources/$COMMAND_MODULE-command-spec.json"
diff --git a/v2/googlecloud-to-mongodb/docs/BigQueryToMongoDb/README.md b/v2/googlecloud-to-mongodb/docs/BigQueryToMongoDb/README.md
index 32fa311f5a..c3bfff711c 100644
--- a/v2/googlecloud-to-mongodb/docs/BigQueryToMongoDb/README.md
+++ b/v2/googlecloud-to-mongodb/docs/BigQueryToMongoDb/README.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export PROJECT=<project-id>
 export IMAGE_NAME="bigquery-to-mongodb"
 export BUCKET_NAME=gs://<bucket-name>
 export TARGET_GCR_IMAGE=gcr.io/${PROJECT}/${IMAGE_NAME}
-export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java11-template-launcher-base
+export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java17-template-launcher-base
 export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE_VERSION=latest
 export TEMPLATE_MODULE="googlecloud-to-mongodb"
 export APP_ROOT=/template/${TEMPLATE_MODULE}
diff --git a/v2/googlecloud-to-neo4j/docs/README.md b/v2/googlecloud-to-neo4j/docs/README.md
index 160d86d4d4..74b85446de 100644
--- a/v2/googlecloud-to-neo4j/docs/README.md
+++ b/v2/googlecloud-to-neo4j/docs/README.md
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ export IMAGE_NAME=neo4j-dataflow
 export IMAGE_NAME_VERSION=b0.12
 export BUCKET_NAME= [URI FOR CLOUD STORAGE BUCKET AND FOLDER (ex. gs://bucket-name/folder-name)] 
 export TARGET_GCR_IMAGE=us.gcr.io/${PROJECT}/${IMAGE_NAME}-${IMAGE_NAME_VERSION}
-export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java11-template-launcher-base
+export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java17-template-launcher-base
 export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE_VERSION=latest
 export TEMPLATE_POM_MODULE=googlecloud-to-neo4j
 export APP_ROOT=/template/${APP_NAME}
diff --git a/v2/googlecloud-to-splunk/docs/GCSToSplunk/README.md b/v2/googlecloud-to-splunk/docs/GCSToSplunk/README.md
index e160dee64e..2a5ad04d75 100644
--- a/v2/googlecloud-to-splunk/docs/GCSToSplunk/README.md
+++ b/v2/googlecloud-to-splunk/docs/GCSToSplunk/README.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export REGION=us-central1
 export IMAGE_NAME=<my-image-name>
 export BUCKET_NAME=gs://<bucket-name>
 export TARGET_GCR_IMAGE=gcr.io/${PROJECT}/${IMAGE_NAME}
-export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java11-template-launcher-base
+export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java17-template-launcher-base
 export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE_VERSION=latest
 export TEMPLATE_MODULE=googlecloud-to-splunk
 export APP_ROOT=/template/gcs-to-splunk 
diff --git a/v2/jms-to-pubsub/README.md b/v2/jms-to-pubsub/README.md
index f8b44726f6..96ffd7e517 100644
--- a/v2/jms-to-pubsub/README.md
+++ b/v2/jms-to-pubsub/README.md
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export PROJECT=my-project
 export IMAGE_NAME=jms-to-pubsub-image
 export MODULE_NAME=jms-to-pubsub
 export TARGET_GCR_IMAGE=gcr.io/${PROJECT}/${IMAGE_NAME}
-export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java11-template-launcher-base
+export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java17-template-launcher-base
 export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE_VERSION=latest
 export APP_ROOT="/template/${MODULE_NAME}"
 export COMMAND_SPEC="${APP_ROOT}/resources/${MODULE_NAME}-command-spec.json"
diff --git a/v2/kafka-to-bigquery/README.md b/v2/kafka-to-bigquery/README.md
index 07902bdc5d..04aa2ecebc 100644
--- a/v2/kafka-to-bigquery/README.md
+++ b/v2/kafka-to-bigquery/README.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export PROJECT=<my-project>
 export IMAGE_NAME=<my-image-name>
 export BUCKET_NAME=gs://<bucket-name>
 export TARGET_GCR_IMAGE=gcr.io/${PROJECT}/${IMAGE_NAME}
-export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java11-template-launcher-base
+export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java17-template-launcher-base
 export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE_VERSION=latest
 export TEMPLATE_MODULE=kafka-to-bigquery
 export APP_ROOT=/template/${TEMPLATE_MODULE}
diff --git a/v2/kafka-to-gcs/README.md b/v2/kafka-to-gcs/README.md
index e0a5650d04..04de839237 100644
--- a/v2/kafka-to-gcs/README.md
+++ b/v2/kafka-to-gcs/README.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export PROJECT=<my-project>
 export IMAGE_NAME=<my-image-name>
 export BUCKET_NAME=gs://<bucket-name>
 export TARGET_GCR_IMAGE=gcr.io/${PROJECT}/${IMAGE_NAME}
-export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java11-template-launcher-base
+export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java17-template-launcher-base
 export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE_VERSION=latest
 export TEMPLATE_MODULE=kafka-to-gcs
 export APP_ROOT=/template/${TEMPLATE_MODULE}
diff --git a/v2/kinesis-to-pubsub/README.md b/v2/kinesis-to-pubsub/README.md
index 78e9e1d7e9..bc1ac34fad 100644
--- a/v2/kinesis-to-pubsub/README.md
+++ b/v2/kinesis-to-pubsub/README.md
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ gsutil mb gs://${BUCKET_NAME}
 IMAGE_NAME="$USERNAME-kinesis-to-pubsub"
 MODULE_NAME=kinesis-to-pubsub
 TARGET_GCR_IMAGE="gcr.io/$PROJECT/$IMAGE_NAME"
-BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java11-template-launcher-base
+BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java17-template-launcher-base
 BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE_VERSION=latest
 APP_ROOT="/template/$MODULE_NAME"
 COMMAND_SPEC="$APP_ROOT/resources/$MODULE_NAME-command-spec.json"
diff --git a/v2/kudu-to-bigquery/README.md b/v2/kudu-to-bigquery/README.md
index d2a53e0329..5c290ea812 100644
--- a/v2/kudu-to-bigquery/README.md
+++ b/v2/kudu-to-bigquery/README.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export PROJECT=my-project
 export IMAGE_NAME=my-image-name
 export OUTPUT_TABLE=${PROJECT}:dataflow_template.bigquery_table
 export TARGET_GCR_IMAGE=gcr.io/${PROJECT}/${IMAGE_NAME}
-export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java11-template-launcher-base
+export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java17-template-launcher-base
 export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE_VERSION=latest
 export APP_ROOT=/template/kudu-to-bigquery
 export COMMAND_SPEC=${APP_ROOT}/resources/kudu-to-bigquery-command-spec.json
diff --git a/v2/mongodb-to-googlecloud/docs/MongoDbToBigQuery/README.md b/v2/mongodb-to-googlecloud/docs/MongoDbToBigQuery/README.md
index dc3a582dcd..f8d2ab1572 100644
--- a/v2/mongodb-to-googlecloud/docs/MongoDbToBigQuery/README.md
+++ b/v2/mongodb-to-googlecloud/docs/MongoDbToBigQuery/README.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export PROJECT=<project-id>
 export IMAGE_NAME="mongodb-to-bigquery"
 export BUCKET_NAME=gs://<bucket-name>
 export TARGET_GCR_IMAGE=gcr.io/${PROJECT}/${IMAGE_NAME}
-export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java11-template-launcher-base
+export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java17-template-launcher-base
 export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE_VERSION=latest
 export TEMPLATE_MODULE="mongodb-to-googlecloud"
 export APP_ROOT="/template/mongodb-to-googlecloud"
diff --git a/v2/mongodb-to-googlecloud/docs/MongoDbToBigQueryCDC/README.md b/v2/mongodb-to-googlecloud/docs/MongoDbToBigQueryCDC/README.md
index fc9a8e38d2..b6410cc8a7 100644
--- a/v2/mongodb-to-googlecloud/docs/MongoDbToBigQueryCDC/README.md
+++ b/v2/mongodb-to-googlecloud/docs/MongoDbToBigQueryCDC/README.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export PROJECT=<project-id>
 export IMAGE_NAME="mongodb-to-bigquery-cdc"
 export BUCKET_NAME=gs://<bucket-name>
 export TARGET_GCR_IMAGE=gcr.io/${PROJECT}/${IMAGE_NAME}
-export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java11-template-launcher-base
+export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java17-template-launcher-base
 export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE_VERSION=latest
 export TEMPLATE_MODULE=mongodb-to-googlecloud
 export APP_ROOT=/template/${TEMPLATE_MODULE}
diff --git a/v2/mqtt-to-pubsub/README.md b/v2/mqtt-to-pubsub/README.md
index 5f808fb0b8..bfae7e768e 100644
--- a/v2/mqtt-to-pubsub/README.md
+++ b/v2/mqtt-to-pubsub/README.md
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export PROJECT=my-project
 export IMAGE_NAME=mqtt-to-pubsub
 export MODULE_NAME=mqtt-to-pubsub
 export TARGET_GCR_IMAGE=gcr.io/${PROJECT}/${IMAGE_NAME}
-export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java11-template-launcher-base
+export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java17-template-launcher-base
 export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE_VERSION=latest
 export APP_ROOT="/template/${MODULE_NAME}"
 export COMMAND_SPEC="${APP_ROOT}/resources/${MODULE_NAME}-command-spec.json"
diff --git a/v2/pom.xml b/v2/pom.xml
index ae9308ea27..f99075b664 100644
--- a/v2/pom.xml
+++ b/v2/pom.xml
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@
                         <configuration>
                             <rules>
                                 <enforceBytecodeVersion>
-                                    <maxJdkVersion>11</maxJdkVersion>
+                                    <maxJdkVersion>17</maxJdkVersion>
                                     <excludes>
                                         <!--
                                           Supplied by the user JDK and compiled with matching
diff --git a/v2/pubsub-binary-to-bigquery/docs/PubSubAvroToBigQuery/README.md b/v2/pubsub-binary-to-bigquery/docs/PubSubAvroToBigQuery/README.md
index d4972d73ac..151f1898b3 100644
--- a/v2/pubsub-binary-to-bigquery/docs/PubSubAvroToBigQuery/README.md
+++ b/v2/pubsub-binary-to-bigquery/docs/PubSubAvroToBigQuery/README.md
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ __Set environment variables that will be used in the build process.__
 export PROJECT=my-project
 export IMAGE_NAME=pubsub-avro-to-bigquery
 export TARGET_GCR_IMAGE=gcr.io/${PROJECT}/${IMAGE_NAME}
-export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java11-template-launcher-base
+export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java17-template-launcher-base
 export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE_VERSION=latest
 export APP_ROOT=/template/pubsub-avro-to-bigquery
 export COMMAND_SPEC=${APP_ROOT}/resources/pubsub-avro-to-bigquery-command-spec.json
diff --git a/v2/pubsub-binary-to-bigquery/docs/PubSubProtoToBigQuery/README.md b/v2/pubsub-binary-to-bigquery/docs/PubSubProtoToBigQuery/README.md
index d760cd5477..00392eb3a6 100644
--- a/v2/pubsub-binary-to-bigquery/docs/PubSubProtoToBigQuery/README.md
+++ b/v2/pubsub-binary-to-bigquery/docs/PubSubProtoToBigQuery/README.md
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ __Set environment variables that will be used in the build process.__
 export PROJECT=my-project
 export IMAGE_NAME=pubsub-proto-to-bigquery
 export TARGET_GCR_IMAGE=gcr.io/${PROJECT}/${IMAGE_NAME}
-export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java11-template-launcher-base
+export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java17-template-launcher-base
 export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE_VERSION=latest
 export APP_ROOT=/template/pubsub-proto-to-bigquery
 export COMMAND_SPEC=${APP_ROOT}/resources/pubsub-proto-to-bigquery-command-spec.json
diff --git a/v2/pubsub-cdc-to-bigquery/README.md b/v2/pubsub-cdc-to-bigquery/README.md
index 28da7212c7..b8b0128e05 100644
--- a/v2/pubsub-cdc-to-bigquery/README.md
+++ b/v2/pubsub-cdc-to-bigquery/README.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export IMAGE_NAME=pubsub-cdc-to-bigquery
 export BUCKET_NAME=gs://<bucket-name>
 export DATASET_TEMPLATE=<dataset-name>
 export TARGET_GCR_IMAGE=gcr.io/${PROJECT}/${IMAGE_NAME}
-export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java11-template-launcher-base
+export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java17-template-launcher-base
 export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE_VERSION=latest
 export APP_ROOT=/template/pubsub-cdc-to-bigquery
 export DATAFLOW_JAVA_COMMAND_SPEC=${APP_ROOT}/resources/pubsub-cdc-to-bigquery-command-spec.json
diff --git a/v2/pubsub-to-jms/README.md b/v2/pubsub-to-jms/README.md
index 2a8c3712cd..78dac7aecb 100644
--- a/v2/pubsub-to-jms/README.md
+++ b/v2/pubsub-to-jms/README.md
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export PROJECT=my-project
 export IMAGE_NAME=pubsub-to-jms-image
 export MODULE_NAME=pubsub-to-jms
 export TARGET_GCR_IMAGE=gcr.io/${PROJECT}/${IMAGE_NAME}
-export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java11-template-launcher-base
+export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java17-template-launcher-base
 export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE_VERSION=latest
 export APP_ROOT="/template/${MODULE_NAME}"
 export COMMAND_SPEC="${APP_ROOT}/resources/${MODULE_NAME}-command-spec.json"
diff --git a/v2/pubsub-to-mongodb/README.md b/v2/pubsub-to-mongodb/README.md
index ab11f7834e..ad6a697b36 100644
--- a/v2/pubsub-to-mongodb/README.md
+++ b/v2/pubsub-to-mongodb/README.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export PROJECT=<my-project>
 export IMAGE_NAME=<my-image-name>
 export BUCKET_NAME=gs://<bucket-name>
 export TARGET_GCR_IMAGE=gcr.io/${PROJECT}/${IMAGE_NAME}
-export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java11-template-launcher-base
+export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java17-template-launcher-base
 export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE_VERSION=latest
 export TEMPLATE_MODULE=pubsub-to-mongodb
 export APP_ROOT=/template/${TEMPLATE_MODULE}
diff --git a/v2/pubsub-to-redis/README.md b/v2/pubsub-to-redis/README.md
index 0cdc55c5ea..d1eeb61476 100644
--- a/v2/pubsub-to-redis/README.md
+++ b/v2/pubsub-to-redis/README.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export PROJECT=<my-project>
 export IMAGE_NAME=<my-image-name>
 export BUCKET_NAME=gs://<bucket-name>
 export TARGET_GCR_IMAGE=gcr.io/${PROJECT}/${IMAGE_NAME}
-export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java11-template-launcher-base
+export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java17-template-launcher-base
 export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE_VERSION=latest
 export TEMPLATE_MODULE=pubsub-to-redis
 export APP_ROOT=/template/${TEMPLATE_MODULE}
diff --git a/v2/sourcedb-to-spanner/README.md b/v2/sourcedb-to-spanner/README.md
index 53dd33be24..7309844db0 100644
--- a/v2/sourcedb-to-spanner/README.md
+++ b/v2/sourcedb-to-spanner/README.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export PROJECT=<my-project>
 export IMAGE_NAME=sourcedb-to-spanner
 export BUCKET_NAME=gs://<bucket-name>
 export TARGET_GCR_IMAGE=gcr.io/${PROJECT}/${IMAGE_NAME}
-export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java11-template-launcher-base
+export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java17-template-launcher-base
 export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE_VERSION=latest
 export APP_ROOT=/template/${IMAGE_NAME}
 export DATAFLOW_JAVA_COMMAND_SPEC=${APP_ROOT}/resources/${IMAGE_NAME}-command-spec.json
diff --git a/v2/spanner-change-streams-to-sharded-file-sink/README.md b/v2/spanner-change-streams-to-sharded-file-sink/README.md
index 861fa30c4c..759d1e046b 100644
--- a/v2/spanner-change-streams-to-sharded-file-sink/README.md
+++ b/v2/spanner-change-streams-to-sharded-file-sink/README.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export PROJECT=<my-project>
 export IMAGE_NAME=spanner-change-streams-to-sharded-file-sink
 export BUCKET_NAME=gs://<bucket-name>
 export TARGET_GCR_IMAGE=gcr.io/${PROJECT}/spanner-change-streams-to-sharded-file-sink
-export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java11-template-launcher-base
+export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java17-template-launcher-base
 export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE_VERSION=latest
 export APP_ROOT=/template/${IMAGE_NAME}
 export DATAFLOW_JAVA_COMMAND_SPEC=${APP_ROOT}/resources/${IMAGE_NAME}-command-spec.json
diff --git a/v2/streaming-data-generator/README.md b/v2/streaming-data-generator/README.md
index da8a974b9a..d88188e594 100644
--- a/v2/streaming-data-generator/README.md
+++ b/v2/streaming-data-generator/README.md
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ export PROJECT=<my-project>
 export IMAGE_NAME=<my-image-name>
 export BUCKET_NAME=gs://<bucket-name>
 export TARGET_GCR_IMAGE=gcr.io/${PROJECT}/${IMAGE_NAME}
-export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java11-template-launcher-base
+export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE=gcr.io/dataflow-templates-base/java17-template-launcher-base
 export BASE_CONTAINER_IMAGE_VERSION=latest
 export TEMPLATE_MODULE=streaming-data-generator
 export APP_ROOT=/template/${TEMPLATE_MODULE}
diff --git a/yaml/pom.xml b/yaml/pom.xml
index fb6d8e98c7..b2b6da43a2 100644
--- a/yaml/pom.xml
+++ b/yaml/pom.xml
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
   <url>https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/DataflowTemplates</url>
 
   <properties>
-    <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+    <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>