diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 168812e47..c07874971 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest ]
-        java: [ '17', '20' ]
+        java: [ '17', '21' ]
         profiles: ['native', 'native,native-exported']
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1530faf46..dc51a7c5c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <junit.version>5.10.0</junit.version>
         <surefire.version>3.1.2</surefire.version>
-        <graalvm.version>22.3.2</graalvm.version>
+        <graalvm.version>23.1.0</graalvm.version>
         <java9.sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java9</java9.sourceDirectory>
     </properties>
 
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.graalvm.buildtools</groupId>
                         <artifactId>native-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>0.9.25</version>
+                        <version>0.9.27</version>
                         <extensions>true</extensions>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@
         -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.graalvm.sdk</groupId>
-            <artifactId>graal-sdk</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>nativeimage</artifactId>
             <version>${graalvm.version}</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
@@ -435,6 +435,16 @@
             <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
             <version>3.24.2</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <!--
+                    assertj bundles an outdated version of byte-buddy.
+                    This exclusion this makes sure the one junit brings in is used.
+                    -->
+                    <groupId>net.bytebuddy</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>byte-buddy</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.junit-pioneer</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java9/module-info.java b/src/main/java9/module-info.java
index d124fa25a..04b499ba1 100644
--- a/src/main/java9/module-info.java
+++ b/src/main/java9/module-info.java
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     requires org.slf4j;
     requires transitive java.sql;
     requires transitive java.sql.rowset;
-    requires static org.graalvm.sdk;
+    requires static org.graalvm.nativeimage;
 
     exports org.sqlite;
     exports org.sqlite.core;