From 0b92f5957040482ec9418d978cbdc3cbae61d5c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Mays <emays@mays-systems.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2025 09:53:44 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Java 24

---
 README.md | 6 +-----
 pom.xml   | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bc3575a17..e9fa8e098 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,11 +8,7 @@ Primary changes:
 * Remove some modules, retaining core API and parsers
 * Replace guava with java.util and Eclipse collections
 
-Requirements:
-
-* Requires Java 24.
-* Requires Maven 3.9.11
-* Requires Git
+Requires Java 21.
 
 To build on Unix/Linux/OSX: `./mvnw clean install`
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e1cf15fd1..c1b4dd06e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		<java.version>24</java.version>
+		<java.version>21</java.version>
 		<java.compilerArgs></java.compilerArgs>
 		<!-- logging dependencies -->
 		<slf4j.version>2.0.17</slf4j.version>