diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6da453ee9b73..b2a13cd58242 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -17544,7 +17544,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   clojure = callPackage ../development/interpreters/clojure {
     # set this to an LTS version of java
-    jdk = jdk17;
+    jdk = jdk21;
   };
 
   clojure-lsp = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/clojure-lsp { };