diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index b2931afbf..38f99bd4e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -42,13 +42,12 @@ on:
       - 'examples/pom.xml'
       - '.github/workflows/**'
 jobs:
-  build:
+  build-corretto:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
-      max-parallel: 4
+      max-parallel: 5
       matrix:
-        # test against latest update of each major Java version, as well as specific updates of LTS versions:
-        java: [8, 8.0.192, 11.0.x, 11.0.3, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17 ]
+        java: [8, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 ]
     name: Java ${{ matrix.java }}
     env:
       JAVA: ${{ matrix.java }}
@@ -56,16 +55,16 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Setup java
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
-          distribution: 'zulu'
+          distribution: 'corretto'
           java-version: ${{ matrix.java }}
           cache: 'maven'
       - name: Build with Maven
         run: mvn -Pbuild-without-spotbugs -B package --file pom.xml
       - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@d9f34f8cd5cb3b3eb79b3e4b5dae3a16df499a70 # 3.1.1
-        if: ${{ matrix.java == '11.0.x' }} # publish results once
+        if: ${{ matrix.java == '11' }} # publish results once
         with:
           files: ./powertools-cloudformation/target/site/jacoco/jacoco.xml,./powertools-core/target/site/jacoco/jacoco.xml,./powertools-idempotency/target/site/jacoco/jacoco.xml,./powertools-logging/target/site/jacoco/jacoco.xml,./powertools-metrics/target/site/jacoco/jacoco.xml,./powertools-parameters/target/site/jacoco/jacoco.xml,./powertools-serialization/target/site/jacoco/jacoco.xml,./powertools-sqs/target/site/jacoco/jacoco.xml,./powertools-tracing/target/site/jacoco/jacoco.xml,./powertools-validation/target/site/jacoco/jacoco.xml
   savepr: