diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index cbcd4f5..c5e0ec6 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ org.gradle.daemon=true
 org.gradle.parallel=true
 org.gradle.caching=true
 
-# JDK 21 path - modify this to your actual installation path
-org.gradle.java.home=F:/OpenJDK21U-jdk_x64_windows_hotspot/jdk-21.0.9.10-hotspot
+# JDK 21 - let the environment provide the JDK (CI uses gradle:9.0-jdk21 image)
+# org.gradle.java.home=F:/OpenJDK21U-jdk_x64_windows_hotspot/jdk-21.0.9.10-hotspot