diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Build-SWT-native-binaries-for-running-platform.launch b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Build-SWT-native-binaries-for-running-platform.launch
index 84830403aa..b931964b4d 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Build-SWT-native-binaries-for-running-platform.launch
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Build-SWT-native-binaries-for-running-platform.launch
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@
     <booleanAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.ATTR_ATTR_USE_ARGFILE" value="false"/>
     <booleanAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.ATTR_SHOW_CODEDETAILS_IN_EXCEPTION_MESSAGES" value="true"/>
     <booleanAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.ATTR_USE_CLASSPATH_ONLY_JAR" value="false"/>
-    <stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER" value="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-17/"/>
+    <stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER" value="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-21/"/>
     <stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.WORKING_DIRECTORY" value="${git_work_tree:/org.eclipse.swt}/binaries/org.eclipse.swt.${target.ws}.${target.os}.${target.arch}"/>
 </launchConfiguration>