Java 16
Feature releaseJava 16 is the runtime Mojang requires for 2 Minecraft releases, from 1.17 through 1.17.1. Builds below come from Eclipse Adoptium and link straight to the official download.
- Feature version
- Java 16
- Support
- Feature release
- Distribution
- Eclipse Temurin
- Latest build
- jdk-16.0.2+7
- Minecraft releases
- 2
- Platforms
- 4 operating systems
- Downloadable builds
- 25
- Source
- Adoptium API
Minecraft releases that need Java 16
Straight from Mojang's per-version metadata, not inferred.
Windows
6 builds
| Architecture | Image | Release | Size | SHA-256 | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x32 | debugimage | 16.0.2+7 | 49.6 MB | 3dd05a9152bf… | adoptium.net ↗ |
| x32 | jdk | 16.0.2+7 | 174.6 MB | eb2d1bed9b69… | adoptium.net ↗ |
| x32 | testimage | 16.0.2+7 | 14.5 MB | 8fc5880cd933… | adoptium.net ↗ |
| x64 | debugimage | 16.0.2+7 | 37.0 MB | 210c0e327e54… | adoptium.net ↗ |
| x64 | jdk | 16.0.2+7 | 194.0 MB | 40191ffbafd8… | adoptium.net ↗ |
| x64 | testimage | 16.0.2+7 | 15.3 MB | 535f94fb460d… | adoptium.net ↗ |
macOS
3 builds
| Architecture | Image | Release | Size | SHA-256 | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x64 | debugimage | 16.0.2+7 | 49.1 MB | 71a5d757c0e2… | adoptium.net ↗ |
| x64 | jdk | 16.0.2+7 | 197.0 MB | 27975d9e695c… | adoptium.net ↗ |
| x64 | testimage | 16.0.2+7 | 27.7 MB | 02c13d5e6a99… | adoptium.net ↗ |
Linux
13 builds
| Architecture | Image | Release | Size | SHA-256 | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| aarch64 | debugimage | 16.0.2+7 | 143.8 MB | 73af0e943fab… | adoptium.net ↗ |
| aarch64 | jdk | 16.0.2+7 | 193.7 MB | cb77d9d126f9… | adoptium.net ↗ |
| aarch64 | testimage | 16.0.2+7 | 87.7 MB | 480c1517522b… | adoptium.net ↗ |
| arm | debugimage | 16.0.2+7 | 189.1 MB | fff64a3275a4… | adoptium.net ↗ |
| arm | jdk | 16.0.2+7 | 178.7 MB | 7721ef81416a… | adoptium.net ↗ |
| arm | testimage | 16.0.2+7 | 84.6 MB | cb296fd5a56f… | adoptium.net ↗ |
| ppc64le | debugimage | 16.0.2+7 | 119.9 MB | cc650156b06c… | adoptium.net ↗ |
| ppc64le | jdk | 16.0.2+7 | 177.5 MB | 36ebe6c72f2f… | adoptium.net ↗ |
| ppc64le | testimage | 16.0.2+7 | 91.4 MB | d15e8931f760… | adoptium.net ↗ |
| s390x | jdk | 16.0.2+7 | 170.7 MB | fa3ab64ae267… | adoptium.net ↗ |
| x64 | debugimage | 16.0.2+7 | 148.7 MB | 13dee6c04f14… | adoptium.net ↗ |
| x64 | jdk | 16.0.2+7 | 195.9 MB | 323d6d7474a3… | adoptium.net ↗ |
| x64 | testimage | 16.0.2+7 | 87.6 MB | 2f00e9a60675… | adoptium.net ↗ |
Alpine Linux
3 builds
| Architecture | Image | Release | Size | SHA-256 | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x64 | debugimage | 16.0.2+7 | 188.0 MB | d4a3520512bf… | adoptium.net ↗ |
| x64 | jdk | 16.0.2+7 | 195.5 MB | 85788b1a1f47… | adoptium.net ↗ |
| x64 | testimage | 16.0.2+7 | 99.7 MB | d0dd83ede71c… | adoptium.net ↗ |
Every download links to Eclipse Adoptium. Verify the SHA-256 before running an installer. Build data last synced 28 Jul 2026.