diff --git a/clients/algoliasearch-client-java/.java-version b/clients/algoliasearch-client-java/.java-version
index 10cf4953b5b..d79aa6586ce 100644
--- a/clients/algoliasearch-client-java/.java-version
+++ b/clients/algoliasearch-client-java/.java-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-21.0.6+7.0.LTS
+21.0.6
diff --git a/config/.java-version b/config/.java-version
deleted file mode 100644
index 95f8a283f00..00000000000
--- a/config/.java-version
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-22.0.2
diff --git a/config/.java-version b/config/.java-version
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..52983950c13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/.java-version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../clients/algoliasearch-client-java/.java-version
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/ci/githubActions/createMatrix.ts b/scripts/ci/githubActions/createMatrix.ts
index 9a3fa569352..f54b6afc640 100644
--- a/scripts/ci/githubActions/createMatrix.ts
+++ b/scripts/ci/githubActions/createMatrix.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { createClientName, exists, GENERATORS, LANGUAGES, toAbsolutePath } from
 import { getClientsConfigField, getLanguageFolder, getTestExtension, getTestOutputFolder } from '../../config.ts';
 
 import type { ClientMatrix, CreateMatrix, ToRunMatrix } from './types.ts';
-import { COMMON_DEPENDENCIES, DEPENDENCIES, isBaseChanged } from './utils.ts';
+import { COMMON_DEPENDENCIES, DEPENDENCIES, getVersionFileForLanguage, isBaseChanged } from './utils.ts';
 
 // This empty matrix is required by the CI, otherwise it throws
 const EMPTY_MATRIX = { client: ['no-run'] };
@@ -66,11 +66,7 @@ async function createClientMatrix(baseBranch: string): Promise<void> {
 
     const testsRootFolder = `tests/output/${language}`;
     const testsOutputBase = `${testsRootFolder}/${getTestOutputFolder(language)}`;
-    const versionFile = toAbsolutePath(
-      language === 'javascript'
-        ? '.nvmrc'
-        : `config/.${language === 'kotlin' || language === 'scala' ? 'java' : language}-version`,
-    );
+    const versionFile = toAbsolutePath(getVersionFileForLanguage(language));
     let version: string | undefined = undefined;
     if (await exists(versionFile)) {
       version = (await fsp.readFile(versionFile)).toString();
diff --git a/scripts/ci/githubActions/utils.ts b/scripts/ci/githubActions/utils.ts
index 8912ee592fe..79801a50a52 100644
--- a/scripts/ci/githubActions/utils.ts
+++ b/scripts/ci/githubActions/utils.ts
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export const DEPENDENCIES = {
   WEBSITE_CHANGED: ['website', 'scripts/website', 'package.json', 'netlify.toml'],
 };
 
-function getVersionFileForLanguage(lang: Language): string {
+export function getVersionFileForLanguage(lang: Language): string {
   // js rely on the nvmrc of the repo
   if (lang === 'javascript') {
     return '.nvmrc';