diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-jvm.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish-jvm.yaml
index 2deca38..2d1efc6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-jvm.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-jvm.yaml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
           distribution: temurin
-          java-version: 11
+          java-version: 17
 
       - name: "Set default Rust version to 1.73.0"
         run: rustup default 1.73.0
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
           distribution: temurin
-          java-version: 11
+          java-version: 17
 
       - name: "Set default Rust version to 1.73.0"
         run: rustup default 1.73.0
diff --git a/bdk-jvm/README.md b/bdk-jvm/README.md
index 7fa6be4..a7386a6 100644
--- a/bdk-jvm/README.md
+++ b/bdk-jvm/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # bdk-jvm
-This project builds a .jar package for the JVM platform that provide Kotlin language bindings for the [`bdk`] library. The Kotlin language bindings are created by the `bdk-ffi` project which is included in the root of this repository.
+This project builds a .jar package for the JVM platform that provides Kotlin language bindings for the [`bdk`] library. The Kotlin language bindings are created by the `bdk-ffi` project which is included in the root of this repository.
 
 ## How to Use
 To use the Kotlin language bindings for [`bdk`] in your JVM project add the following to your gradle dependencies: