Java is quite platform-independent and mostly upwards compatible, so it is common to compile a piece of code using a given J2SE version and expect it to work in later JVM versions.

Minecraft runs on Java version 17 as of this pre-release – and you can expect the same to be true of the live version of Java Edition once 1.18 officially lands.

For example, the latest version of Java 6 is "Java SE Runtime Environment 6u43." Click the circle next to "Accept License Agreement," and then click the link next to the Java download file that ...