diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
index 0048bc7ffba0d..ad5d18c9274cf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
@@ -394,6 +394,31 @@ jobs:
         ./build/mvn $MAVEN_CLI_OPTS -DskipTests -Pyarn -Pmesos -Pkubernetes -Phive -Phive-thriftserver -Phadoop-cloud -Djava.version=11 install
         rm -rf ~/.m2/repository/org/apache/spark
 
+  java-17:
+    name: Java 17 build with Maven
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout Spark repository
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Cache Maven local repository
+      uses: actions/cache@v2
+      with:
+        path: ~/.m2/repository
+        key: java17-maven-${{ hashFiles('**/pom.xml') }}
+        restore-keys: |
+          java17-maven-
+    - name: Install Java 17
+      uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+      with:
+        java-version: 17-ea
+    - name: Build with Maven
+      run: |
+        export MAVEN_OPTS="-Xmx2g -XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=1g -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.defaultLogLevel=WARN"
+        export MAVEN_CLI_OPTS="--no-transfer-progress"
+        # It uses Maven's 'install' intentionally, see https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/26414.
+        ./build/mvn $MAVEN_CLI_OPTS -DskipTests -Pyarn -Pmesos -Pkubernetes -Phive -Phive-thriftserver -Phadoop-cloud -Djava.version=11 install
+        rm -rf ~/.m2/repository/org/apache/spark
+
   scala-213:
     name: Scala 2.13 build with SBT
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04