From 45efeb6c0ce7ce1cbffba21453fb982b8651b66c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kaygorodov <andreykaygorodov@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2024 22:25:12 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Document the minimum required Java version for the target
 project to use Web3j as a dependency

Signed-off-by: kaygorodov <andreykaygorodov@gmail.com>
---
 README.md | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3ec9adbcb..25ebb73d9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -122,6 +122,9 @@ Java:
 </dependency>
 ```
 
+**Note:** The Web3j Java binaries are compiled using Java 17. Java 17 or a more recent version is required to use Web3j
+ as a dependency.
+
 Android:
 
 ```xml