diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 9e5cb0d..fd34bf4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Gradle Wrapper Validation
         uses: gradle/wrapper-validation-action@v1.0.4
 
-      # Setup Java 11 environment for the next steps
+      # Setup Java 17 environment for the next steps
       - name: Setup Java
         uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
           distribution: zulu
-          java-version: 11
+          java-version: 17
 
       # Set environment variables
       - name: Export Properties
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index fb8f261..7d57e0f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
 
-      # Setup Java 11 environment for the next steps
+      # Setup Java 17 environment for the next steps
       - name: Setup Java
         uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
           distribution: zulu
-          java-version: 11
+          java-version: 17
 
       # Set environment variables
       - name: Export Properties
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-ui-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run-ui-tests.yml
index 1e4456d..0eb49b5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-ui-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-ui-tests.yml
@@ -35,12 +35,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Fetch Sources
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-      # Setup Java 11 environment for the next steps
+      # Setup Java 17 environment for the next steps
       - name: Setup Java
         uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
           distribution: zulu
-          java-version: 11
+          java-version: 17
 
       # Run IDEA prepared for UI testing
       - name: Run IDE
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 5b1c72c..e05d084 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ dependencies {
 // Set the JVM language level used to compile sources and generate files - Java 11 is required since 2020.3
 kotlin {
     jvmToolchain {
-        languageVersion.set(JavaLanguageVersion.of(11))
+        languageVersion.set(JavaLanguageVersion.of(17))
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 8bd0597..8e850ee 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -19,3 +19,5 @@ gradleVersion = 7.5.1
 # Opt-out flag for bundling Kotlin standard library -> https://plugins.jetbrains.com/docs/intellij/kotlin.html#kotlin-standard-library
 # suppress inspection "UnusedProperty"
 kotlin.stdlib.default.dependency = false
+
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1024m "-XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=512m"
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