diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index f76144ce9..a2951cc70 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ task coverage(type: JacocoReport) {
 
 dependencies {
     String jUnitVersion = '5.4.0'
-    String javaFxVersion = '11.0.2'
+    String javaFxVersion = '17.0.7'
 
     implementation group: 'org.openjfx', name: 'javafx-base', version: javaFxVersion, classifier: 'win'
     implementation group: 'org.openjfx', name: 'javafx-base', version: javaFxVersion, classifier: 'mac'
diff --git a/src/main/java/seedu/address/Main.java b/src/main/java/seedu/address/Main.java
index 052a50686..ec1b79587 100644
--- a/src/main/java/seedu/address/Main.java
+++ b/src/main/java/seedu/address/Main.java
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package seedu.address;
 
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+
 import javafx.application.Application;
+import seedu.address.commons.core.LogsCenter;
 
 /**
  * The main entry point to the application.
@@ -19,7 +22,20 @@
  * to be the entry point of the application, we avoid this issue.
  */
 public class Main {
+    private static Logger logger = LogsCenter.getLogger(Main.class);
+
     public static void main(String[] args) {
+
+        // As per https://github.com/openjdk/jfx/blob/master/doc-files/release-notes-16.md
+        // JavaFX 16 (or later) runtime logs a warning at startup if JavaFX classes are loaded from
+        // the classpath instead of a module.
+        // Our application does not use Java modules yet. Even if it did, modules are ignored when
+        // packed into a FAT Jar file (as we do), which means this warning will persist even then.
+        // The warning however, can be safely ignored. Thus, the following log informs
+        // the user (if looking at the log output) that the said warning appearing in the log
+        // can be ignored.
+
+        logger.warning("The warning about Unsupported JavaFX configuration below can be ignored.");
         Application.launch(MainApp.class, args);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/view/CommandBox.fxml b/src/main/resources/view/CommandBox.fxml
index 09f6d6fe9..124283a39 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/view/CommandBox.fxml
+++ b/src/main/resources/view/CommandBox.fxml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <?import javafx.scene.control.TextField?>
 <?import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane?>
 
-<StackPane styleClass="stack-pane" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1">
+<StackPane styleClass="stack-pane" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/17" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1">
   <TextField fx:id="commandTextField" onAction="#handleCommandEntered" promptText="Enter command here..."/>
 </StackPane>
 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/view/HelpWindow.fxml b/src/main/resources/view/HelpWindow.fxml
index 5dea0adef..e01f330de 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/view/HelpWindow.fxml
+++ b/src/main/resources/view/HelpWindow.fxml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 <?import javafx.scene.layout.HBox?>
 <?import javafx.stage.Stage?>
 
-<fx:root resizable="false" title="Help" type="javafx.stage.Stage" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/11" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1">
+<fx:root resizable="false" title="Help" type="javafx.stage.Stage" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/17" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1">
   <icons>
     <Image url="@/images/help_icon.png" />
   </icons>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/view/MainWindow.fxml b/src/main/resources/view/MainWindow.fxml
index a431648f6..7778f666a 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/view/MainWindow.fxml
+++ b/src/main/resources/view/MainWindow.fxml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 <?import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane?>
 <?import javafx.scene.layout.VBox?>
 
-<fx:root type="javafx.stage.Stage" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1"
+<fx:root type="javafx.stage.Stage" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/17" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1"
          title="Address App" minWidth="450" minHeight="600" onCloseRequest="#handleExit">
   <icons>
     <Image url="@/images/address_book_32.png" />
diff --git a/src/main/resources/view/PersonListCard.fxml b/src/main/resources/view/PersonListCard.fxml
index f08ea32ad..f5e812e25 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/view/PersonListCard.fxml
+++ b/src/main/resources/view/PersonListCard.fxml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 <?import javafx.scene.layout.Region?>
 <?import javafx.scene.layout.VBox?>
 
-<HBox id="cardPane" fx:id="cardPane" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1">
+<HBox id="cardPane" fx:id="cardPane" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/17" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1">
   <GridPane HBox.hgrow="ALWAYS">
     <columnConstraints>
       <ColumnConstraints hgrow="SOMETIMES" minWidth="10" prefWidth="150" />
diff --git a/src/main/resources/view/PersonListPanel.fxml b/src/main/resources/view/PersonListPanel.fxml
index 8836d323c..a1bb6bbac 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/view/PersonListPanel.fxml
+++ b/src/main/resources/view/PersonListPanel.fxml
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 <?import javafx.scene.control.ListView?>
 <?import javafx.scene.layout.VBox?>
 
-<VBox xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1">
+<VBox xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/17" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1">
   <ListView fx:id="personListView" VBox.vgrow="ALWAYS" />
 </VBox>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/view/ResultDisplay.fxml b/src/main/resources/view/ResultDisplay.fxml
index 58d5ad3dc..01b691792 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/view/ResultDisplay.fxml
+++ b/src/main/resources/view/ResultDisplay.fxml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <?import javafx.scene.control.TextArea?>
 <?import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane?>
 
-<StackPane fx:id="placeHolder" styleClass="pane-with-border" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8"
+<StackPane fx:id="placeHolder" styleClass="pane-with-border" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/17"
     xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1">
   <TextArea fx:id="resultDisplay" editable="false" styleClass="result-display"/>
 </StackPane>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/view/StatusBarFooter.fxml b/src/main/resources/view/StatusBarFooter.fxml
index 149f62bd2..7b430f9c6 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/view/StatusBarFooter.fxml
+++ b/src/main/resources/view/StatusBarFooter.fxml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <?import javafx.scene.layout.ColumnConstraints?>
 <?import javafx.scene.layout.GridPane?>
 
-<GridPane styleClass="status-bar" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1">
+<GridPane styleClass="status-bar" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/17" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1">
   <columnConstraints>
     <ColumnConstraints hgrow="SOMETIMES" minWidth="10" />
   </columnConstraints>
diff --git a/src/test/resources/view/UiPartTest/validFileWithFxRoot.fxml b/src/test/resources/view/UiPartTest/validFileWithFxRoot.fxml
index 151e09ce9..1a8b2c9e4 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/view/UiPartTest/validFileWithFxRoot.fxml
+++ b/src/test/resources/view/UiPartTest/validFileWithFxRoot.fxml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 
-<fx:root type="seedu.address.ui.TestFxmlObject" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx"
-            xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml">
+<fx:root type="seedu.address.ui.TestFxmlObject" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/17"
+        xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1">
     <text>Hello World!</text>
 </fx:root>