diff --git a/src/docker_clojure/config.clj b/src/docker_clojure/config.clj
index 839a530..1cbf134 100644
--- a/src/docker_clojure/config.clj
+++ b/src/docker_clojure/config.clj
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
    :default ["debian" "eclipse-temurin"]})
 
 ;; The default JDK version to use for tags that don't specify one; usually the latest LTS release
-(def default-jdk-version 21)
+(def default-jdk-version 25)
 
 (def distros
   "Map of base image name to set of distro tags to use, namespaced by Linux
diff --git a/target/debian-bookworm-21/latest/Dockerfile b/target/debian-bookworm-25/latest/Dockerfile
similarity index 98%
rename from target/debian-bookworm-21/latest/Dockerfile
rename to target/debian-bookworm-25/latest/Dockerfile
index 4e124b8..a28e3eb 100644
--- a/target/debian-bookworm-21/latest/Dockerfile
+++ b/target/debian-bookworm-25/latest/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM debian:bookworm
 
 ENV JAVA_HOME=/opt/java/openjdk
-COPY --from=eclipse-temurin:21 $JAVA_HOME $JAVA_HOME
+COPY --from=eclipse-temurin:25 $JAVA_HOME $JAVA_HOME
 ENV PATH="${JAVA_HOME}/bin:${PATH}"
 
 
diff --git a/target/debian-bookworm-21/latest/entrypoint b/target/debian-bookworm-25/latest/entrypoint
similarity index 100%
rename from target/debian-bookworm-21/latest/entrypoint
rename to target/debian-bookworm-25/latest/entrypoint
diff --git a/target/debian-bookworm-21/latest/rlwrap.retry b/target/debian-bookworm-25/latest/rlwrap.retry
similarity index 100%
rename from target/debian-bookworm-21/latest/rlwrap.retry
rename to target/debian-bookworm-25/latest/rlwrap.retry