diff --git a/ct/apache-tika.sh b/ct/apache-tika.sh
index d4dbe8647..4d731da8e 100755
--- a/ct/apache-tika.sh
+++ b/ct/apache-tika.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ var_cpu="${var_cpu:-1}"
 var_ram="${var_ram:-2048}"
 var_disk="${var_disk:-10}"
 var_os="${var_os:-debian}"
-var_version="${var_version:-12}"
+var_version="${var_version:-13}"
 var_arm64="${var_arm64:-yes}"
 var_unprivileged="${var_unprivileged:-1}"
 
diff --git a/install/apache-tika-install.sh b/install/apache-tika-install.sh
index c12795f2c..ea36d2043 100644
--- a/install/apache-tika-install.sh
+++ b/install/apache-tika-install.sh
@@ -33,10 +33,7 @@ $STD apt-get install -y \
   cabextract
 msg_ok "Installed Dependencies"
 
-msg_info "Setup OpenJDK"
-$STD apt-get install -y \
-  openjdk-17-jre-headless
-msg_ok "Setup OpenJDK"
+JAVA_VERSION="21" setup_java
 
 msg_info "Installing Apache Tika"
 mkdir -p /opt/apache-tika