diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-cli-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/update-cli-docs.yml
index 34c70f698..103da3ef1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-cli-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-cli-docs.yml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-java@b6effb05e454b25005698d916606bdc6ffcbf961 # v5.7.0
         with:
           distribution: temurin
-          java-version: '21'
+          java-version: '25'
 
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97 # ratchet:actions/setup-python@v7.0.0
diff --git a/platform-cli-docs/README.md b/platform-cli-docs/README.md
index 97c6be784..4e87ad40c 100644
--- a/platform-cli-docs/README.md
+++ b/platform-cli-docs/README.md
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ Do not hand-edit generated option tables. Put durable additions in the matching
 
 Requirements:
 
-- Java 21 (`java` and `javac` on `PATH`)
+- Java 25 or later (`java` and `javac` on `PATH`), matching the Java release the tower-cli JAR is compiled for
 - Python 3.11 or later
 - network access to public GitHub releases