diff --git a/smoke-tests/images/servlet/build.gradle.kts b/smoke-tests/images/servlet/build.gradle.kts
index 89d3737dfb69..089b3f3daaae 100644
--- a/smoke-tests/images/servlet/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/smoke-tests/images/servlet/build.gradle.kts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ data class ImageTarget(
 val extraTag = findProperty("extraTag")
   ?: java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyyMMdd.HHmmSS").format(java.time.LocalDateTime.now())
 
-val latestJava = "23" // renovate: datasource=java-version
+val latestJava = "25" // renovate: datasource=java-version
 
 // Each line under appserver describes one matrix of (version x vm x jdk), dockerfile key overrides
 // Dockerfile name, args key passes raw arguments to docker build