diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-meilisearch/build.gradle b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-meilisearch/build.gradle
index 6da1d6745e72..4c35539c9edf 100644
--- a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-meilisearch/build.gradle
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-meilisearch/build.gradle
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ plugins {
 
 application {
     mainClass = 'io.airbyte.integrations.destination.meilisearch.MeiliSearchDestination'
-    applicationDefaultJvmArgs = ['-XX:MaxRAMPercentage=75.0']
+    // Needed for JDK17
+    applicationDefaultJvmArgs = ['-XX:MaxRAMPercentage=75.0','--add-opens', 'java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED']
 }
 
 dependencies {
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation project(':airbyte-integrations:bases:base-java')
     implementation project(':airbyte-protocol:models')
 
-    implementation 'com.meilisearch.sdk:meilisearch-java:0.2.0'
+    implementation 'com.meilisearch.sdk:meilisearch-java:0.6.0'
 
     integrationTestJavaImplementation project(':airbyte-integrations:bases:standard-destination-test')
     integrationTestJavaImplementation project(':airbyte-integrations:connectors:destination-meilisearch')
diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-meilisearch/src/test-integration/java/io/airbyte/integrations/destination/meilisearch/MeiliSearchDestinationAcceptanceTest.java b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-meilisearch/src/test-integration/java/io/airbyte/integrations/destination/meilisearch/MeiliSearchDestinationAcceptanceTest.java
index 462bbb32d77b..2d59bb5ad0eb 100644
--- a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-meilisearch/src/test-integration/java/io/airbyte/integrations/destination/meilisearch/MeiliSearchDestinationAcceptanceTest.java
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-meilisearch/src/test-integration/java/io/airbyte/integrations/destination/meilisearch/MeiliSearchDestinationAcceptanceTest.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ protected void setup(final TestDestinationEnv testEnv) throws IOException {
     final Path meiliSearchDataDir = Files.createTempDirectory(Path.of("/tmp"), "meilisearch-integration-test");
     meiliSearchDataDir.toFile().deleteOnExit();
 
-    genericContainer = new GenericContainer<>(DockerImageName.parse("getmeili/meilisearch:latest"))
+    genericContainer = new GenericContainer<>(DockerImageName.parse("getmeili/meilisearch:v0.24.0"))
         .withFileSystemBind(meiliSearchDataDir.toString(), "/data.ms");
     genericContainer.setPortBindings(ImmutableList.of(EXPOSED_PORT + ":" + DEFAULT_MEILI_SEARCH_PORT));
     genericContainer.start();