diff --git a/.ci/java-versions.properties b/.ci/java-versions.properties
index 59db36370d5a4..8974a3ebe2a13 100644
--- a/.ci/java-versions.properties
+++ b/.ci/java-versions.properties
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
 # build and test Elasticsearch for this branch. Valid Java versions
 # are 'java' or 'openjdk' followed by the major release number.
 
-ES_BUILD_JAVA=openjdk11
+ES_BUILD_JAVA=java11
 ES_RUNTIME_JAVA=java8