diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index c1b2e9102..ca688fb35 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        language: [ 'java' ]
+        language: [ 'java-kotlin' ]
         # CodeQL supports [ 'c-cpp', 'csharp', 'go', 'java-kotlin', 'javascript-typescript', 'python', 'ruby', 'swift' ]
         # Use only 'java-kotlin' to analyze code written in Java, Kotlin or both
         # Use only 'javascript-typescript' to analyze code written in JavaScript, TypeScript or both
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ jobs:
     - name: Checkout repository
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+    - name: Setup Java
+      uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+      with:
+        java-version: 17
+        distribution: 'temurin'
+
     # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
     - name: Initialize CodeQL
       uses: github/codeql-action/init@v3