diff --git a/java-core/.github/workflows/downstream.yaml b/java-core/.github/workflows/downstream.yaml
index 68123113041c..31c4429a2690 100644
--- a/java-core/.github/workflows/downstream.yaml
+++ b/java-core/.github/workflows/downstream.yaml
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
       with:
+        distribution: zulu
         java-version: ${{matrix.java}}
     - run: java -version
     - run: sudo apt-get update -y