diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/getting-started/system-requirements.adoc b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/getting-started/system-requirements.adoc
index 929dd89971..ada5c08dd2 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/getting-started/system-requirements.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/getting-started/system-requirements.adoc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [[getting-started.system-requirements]]
 == System Requirements
-Spring Boot {spring-boot-version} requires https://www.java.com[Java 8] and is compatible up to and including Java 20.
+Spring Boot {spring-boot-version} requires https://www.java.com[Java 8] and is compatible up to and including Java 21.
 {spring-framework-docs}/[Spring Framework {spring-framework-version}] or above is also required.
 
 Explicit build support is provided for the following build tools:
@@ -37,4 +37,4 @@ Spring Boot supports the following embedded servlet containers:
 | 4.0
 |===
 
-You can also deploy Spring Boot applications to any Servlet 3.1 or 4.0 compatible container.
\ No newline at end of file
+You can also deploy Spring Boot applications to any Servlet 3.1 or 4.0 compatible container.