diff --git a/.sdkmanrc b/.sdkmanrc
index 288c293c1461..6d94eea3cebe 100644
--- a/.sdkmanrc
+++ b/.sdkmanrc
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # sets the SDKMAN_JAVA_VERSION for dotCMS
 # this is the version of java that will be used as the base image for the docker build
-java=21.0.8-ms
+java=25.0.1-ms
diff --git a/docker/java-base/Dockerfile b/docker/java-base/Dockerfile
index 67f0128a14b6..a4ead8ed2158 100644
--- a/docker/java-base/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/java-base/Dockerfile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ FROM ubuntu:24.04 AS base-builder
 WORKDIR /srv
 
 # Defining default Java version, can be any java version provided by sdkman
-ARG SDKMAN_JAVA_VERSION="21.0.8-ms"
+ARG SDKMAN_JAVA_VERSION="25.0.1-ms"
 
 ENV JAVA_OUTPUT_DIR="/java"
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index 15a3b87df10e..7807c119be4d 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
          support new version default in environments/environment.properties and can be changed for local developer in
         environments/dev/user-dev.properties -->
         <!--suppress UnresolvedMavenProperty -->
-        <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
+        <maven.compiler.release>25</maven.compiler.release>
         <maven.compiler.source>${maven.compiler.release}</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>${maven.compiler.release}</maven.compiler.target>
         <maven.compiler.testSource>${maven.compiler.source}</maven.compiler.testSource>
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@
         <environment.properties.folder>${maven.multiModuleProjectDirectory}/environments</environment.properties.folder>
         <environment.properties.defaults>${environment.properties.folder}/environment.properties</environment.properties.defaults>
         <spotless.skip>true</spotless.skip>
-        <glowroot.version>0.14.4</glowroot.version>
+        <glowroot.version>0.14.5-beta.3-java25</glowroot.version>
         <jmeter.test.skip>true</jmeter.test.skip>
     </properties>