diff --git a/pkgs/games/mindustry/default.nix b/pkgs/games/mindustry/default.nix
index d901fba57af7..0562ff40ac2d 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/mindustry/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/mindustry/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 , copyDesktopItems
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , gradle
-, jdk
+, jdk17
 , perl
 
 # for arc
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ let
   version = "146";
   buildVersion = makeBuildVersion version;
 
+  jdk = jdk17;
   gradleWithJdk = gradle.override { java = jdk; };
 
   selectedGlew = if enableWayland then glew-egl else glew;