From 5f647da5259c6bd022975bb26f6a904b7981b5c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sergey Beryozkin <sberyozkin@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:40:17 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add a note about SDKMAN! to the Contributing guide

---
 CONTRIBUTING.md | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index e4899e6194da3..d08001648b395 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -139,7 +139,11 @@ You can check the last publication date here: <https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/cont
 
 ### Building main
 
-Just do the following:
+Make sure that Java 17 is installed.
+
+**Note**  If you would like to build the `main` branch with a newer Java version such as Java 21 or later, you must ensure that Java 17 is resolvable for the complete build to succeed. Using https://sdkman.io/[SDKMAN!] is recommended.
+
+Next, just do the following:
 
 ```sh
 git clone git@github.com:quarkusio/quarkus.git