diff --git a/Dockerfile.java21 b/Dockerfile.java21
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..377f096b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile.java21
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#----------------------------------
+# Stage 1
+#----------------------------------
+
+FROM maven:3.9-eclipse-temurin-21 AS builder
+
+LABEL app=bankapp
+
+WORKDIR /src
+
+COPY . /src
+
+RUN mvn clean install -DskipTests=true
+
+#--------------------------------------
+# Stage 2
+#--------------------------------------
+
+FROM eclipse-temurin:21-jre-alpine AS deployer
+
+COPY --from=builder /src/target/*.jar /src/target/bankapp.jar
+
+EXPOSE 8080
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["java", "-jar", "/src/target/bankapp.jar"]
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fc5bfeac..1cfcb959 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>3.3.3</version>
+		<version>3.4.3</version>
 		<relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
 	</parent>
 	<groupId>com.example</groupId>
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 		<url/>
 	</scm>
 	<properties>
-		<java.version>17</java.version>
+		<java.version>21</java.version>
 	</properties>
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
@@ -52,9 +52,8 @@
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>mysql</groupId>
-			<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-			<version>8.0.33</version>
+			<groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+			<artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
 			<scope>runtime</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
@@ -78,10 +77,10 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.8.0</version>
+				<version>3.13.0</version>
 				<configuration>
-    					<source>1.8</source>
-    					<target>1.8</target>
+					<source>21</source>
+					<target>21</target>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 		</plugins>