diff --git a/extensions/amazon-lambda-http/deployment/src/main/resources/http/sam.jvm.yaml b/extensions/amazon-lambda-http/deployment/src/main/resources/http/sam.jvm.yaml
index 60b4175a98b92..5942bdee7334a 100644
--- a/extensions/amazon-lambda-http/deployment/src/main/resources/http/sam.jvm.yaml
+++ b/extensions/amazon-lambda-http/deployment/src/main/resources/http/sam.jvm.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
       Type: AWS::Serverless::Function
       Properties:
         Handler: io.quarkus.amazon.lambda.runtime.QuarkusStreamHandler::handleRequest
-        Runtime: java17
+        Runtime: java21
         CodeUri: function.zip
         MemorySize: 512
         Policies: AWSLambdaBasicExecutionRole