diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index 419442cf..154014e0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
           distribution: 'temurin'
-          java-version: 19
+          java-version-file: '.java-version'
           cache: 'maven'
 
       # Auto build attempts to build any compiled languages  (C/C++, C#, or Java).
diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven.yml b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
index 54aab9c5..f8798a15 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
           distribution: 'temurin'
-          java-version: 19
+          java-version-file: '.java-version'
           cache: 'maven'
 
       # Build and test (included in package)
diff --git a/.java-version b/.java-version
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d6b24041
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.java-version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+19