Fix CI wrt snapshot publish

Author: cowtowncoder

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
       id: projectVersion
       run: echo "version=$(./mvnw org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-help-plugin:3.5.1:evaluate -DforceStdout -Dexpression=project.version -q)" >>$GITHUB_OUTPUT
     - name: Deploy snapshot
-      if: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' && matrix.java_version == '11' && endsWith(steps.projectVersion.outputs.version, '-SNAPSHOT') }}
+      if: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' && matrix.java_version == '17' && endsWith(steps.projectVersion.outputs.version, '-SNAPSHOT') }}
       env:
         CI_DEPLOY_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.CENTRAL_DEPLOY_USERNAME }}
         CI_DEPLOY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.CENTRAL_DEPLOY_PASSWORD }}

release-notes/VERSION

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ No changes since 2.20
 #186: Update hibernate 6 code to avoid deprecated code
  (fixed by @pjfanning)
 - Generate SBOMs [JSTEP-14]
+- Build now requires JDK 17 (since Hibernate7 module requires it)
 
 2.19.2 (18-Jul-2025)
 2.19.1 (13-Jun-2025)