diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f12d6fc62016fec22d628f93e431891d7e5a6122..dfcb220603fdc91c801a18240354072a80892bdb 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ variables:
   AZURE_SERVICE: partition
   AZURE_BUILD_SUBDIR: provider/partition-azure
   AZURE_TEST_SUBDIR: testing/partition-test-azure
+  SERVICE_JAVA_VERSION: "17"
 
   IBM_BUILD_SUBDIR: provider/partition-ibm
   IBM_INT_TEST_SUBDIR: testing/partition-test-ibm