diff --git a/.github/workflows/sonar-scanner.yml b/.github/workflows/sonar-scanner.yml
index af844164c..52006bca8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sonar-scanner.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sonar-scanner.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ jobs:
           # Disabling shallow clone is recommended for improving relevancy of reporting
           fetch-depth: 0
           submodules: recursive
+      - name: Set up JDK 11
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3 # The setup-java action provides the functionality for GitHub Actions runners for Downloading and setting up a requested version of Java
+        with:
+          java-version: 17
+          distribution: "temurin"  
       - name:  Install sonar-scanner and build-wrapper
         uses: sonarsource/sonarcloud-github-c-cpp@v1
       - name: Run install_dependencies.sh script