diff --git a/.github/workflows/mvn_publish.yml b/.github/workflows/mvn_publish.yml
index b67fb5ad..02db2bea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mvn_publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mvn_publish.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up JDK 1.8
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
-          java-version: 1.8
+          java-version: '8'
           distribution: 'zulu'
           server-id: ossrh
           server-username: MAVEN_USERNAME