diff --git a/.github/workflows/bazel.yml b/.github/workflows/bazel.yml
index 9010d6c..73b869d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bazel.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bazel.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - uses: bazelbuild/setup-bazelisk@v3
 
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          distribution: 'zulu'
+          java-version: 17
+          architecture: x64
+
       # Unix systems sometimes fail to create the symlink the first time around
       - name: Build (Allow failure)
         run: bazel build ... --nojava_header_compilation -k ${{ matrix.config }} || true