diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6861f80..95df690 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,8 +20,11 @@ Allows any field to be marked with `@Encrypted` for per-field encryption.
 ## Backwards compatibility
 
 For spring-data 1 projects, please use the [spring-data-1](https://github.com/bolcom/spring-data-mongodb-encrypt/tree/spring-data-1) branch.
+
 For spring-data 2 projects, please use the [spring-data-2](https://github.com/bolcom/spring-data-mongodb-encrypt/tree/spring-data-2) branch.
 
+From version `2.9.0`, java 17 or higher is required. If stuck on older java, use version `2.8.0`. 
+
 ## For the impatient
 
 Add dependency:
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d6f2777..a79112a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-encrypt</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>spring-data-mongodb-encrypt</name>
-    <version>2.8.0</version>
+    <version>2.9.0</version>
     <description>High performance, per-field encryption for spring-data-mongodb</description>
     <url>https://github.com/agoston/spring-data-mongodb-encrypt</url>