diff --git a/.env b/.env
index 44fd0169e448e..6746892fd4ed8 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ GCC_VERSION=""
 GO=1.19.13
 STATICCHECK=v0.4.5
 HDFS=3.2.1
-JDK=17
+JDK=8
 KARTOTHEK=latest
 # LLVM 12 and GCC 11 reports -Wmismatched-new-delete.
 LLVM=14
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 8cc05903e9d5b..74f2c262aa5ff 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1706,7 +1706,8 @@ services:
       args:
         repo: ${REPO}
         arch: ${ARCH}
-        jdk: ${JDK}
+        # Use a newer JDK as it seems to improve stability
+        jdk: 17
         # conda-forge doesn't have 3.5.4 so pinning explicitly, but this should
         # be set to ${MAVEN}
         maven: 3.5