diff --git a/microprofile-fault-tolerance/README.adoc b/microprofile-fault-tolerance/README.adoc
index db339e8822..2ecfedfb93 100644
--- a/microprofile-fault-tolerance/README.adoc
+++ b/microprofile-fault-tolerance/README.adoc
@@ -449,12 +449,11 @@ Add the following properties to the `pom.xml`:
 <version.bom.ee>{versionServerBom}</version.bom.ee>
 ----
 
-Also the project can be updated to use Java 8 as the minimum:
+Also the project can be updated to use Java 17 as the minimum:
 
 [source,options="nowrap"]
 ----
-<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+<maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
 ----
 
 Before the dependencies are defined add the following boms:
diff --git a/microprofile-jwt/README.adoc b/microprofile-jwt/README.adoc
index 74d4613c92..1ff602f404 100644
--- a/microprofile-jwt/README.adoc
+++ b/microprofile-jwt/README.adoc
@@ -526,12 +526,11 @@ Add the following properties to the `pom.xml`.
 <version.bom.ee>{versionServerBom}</version.bom.ee>
 ----
 
-Also the project can be updated to use Java 11 as the minimum.
+Also the project can be updated to use Java 17 as the minimum.
 
 [source,options="nowrap"]
 ----
-<maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
-<maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+<maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
 ----
 
 Before the dependencies are defined add the following boms.
diff --git a/microprofile-lra/README.adoc b/microprofile-lra/README.adoc
index e511987d45..5f3ddd6313 100644
--- a/microprofile-lra/README.adoc
+++ b/microprofile-lra/README.adoc
@@ -1854,20 +1854,18 @@ Open the project in your favourite IDE.
 
 Open the generated `pom.xml`.
 
-The first thing to do is to change the minimum JDK to Java 11 and set the other relevant version properties:
+The first thing to do is to change the minimum JDK to Java 17 and set the other relevant version properties:
 
 [source,xml,subs="attributes+"]
 ----
-<maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
-<maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
-
+<!-- the Maven project should use the minimum Java SE version supported -->
+<maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
 <!-- the version for the Server -->
 <version.server>{versionServer}</version.server>
-<!-- The versions for the BOMs, Packs and Plugins -->
+<!-- the versions for the BOMs, Packs and Plugins -->
 <version.bom.ee>{versionBomEE}</version.bom.ee>
 <version.bom.expansion>{versionBomMicroprofile}</version.bom.expansion>
 <version.plugin.wildfly>{versionPluginWildfly}</version.plugin.wildfly>
-<version.plugin.wildfly-jar>{versionPluginWildflyJar}</version.plugin.wildfly-jar>
 ----
 
 Next we need to setup our dependencies. Add the following section to your
diff --git a/microprofile-reactive-messaging-kafka/README.adoc b/microprofile-reactive-messaging-kafka/README.adoc
index 054200e8a5..7306dac53a 100644
--- a/microprofile-reactive-messaging-kafka/README.adoc
+++ b/microprofile-reactive-messaging-kafka/README.adoc
@@ -601,12 +601,11 @@ cd microprofile-reactive-messaging-kafka
 
 Open the project in your favourite IDE.
 
-The project needs to be updated to use Java 8 as the minimum:
+The project needs to be updated to use Java 17 as the minimum:
 
 [source,options="nowrap"]
 ----
-<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+<maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
 ----
 
 Next set up our dependencies. Add the following section to your