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 == Building from sources
 
-The build requires at least JDK 21, and produces Java 17 bytecode.
+The build requires at least JDK 25, and produces Java 17 bytecode.
 
 Hibernate uses https://gradle.org[Gradle] as its build tool. See the _Gradle Primer_ section below if you are new to
 Gradle.