diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index fe528c1..2fc00b7 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 group=io.ballerina
-version=2.2.6
+version=2.3.0-SNAPSHOT
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/io/ballerina/plugin/BallerinaPlugin.groovy b/src/main/groovy/io/ballerina/plugin/BallerinaPlugin.groovy
index 8f6d6d2..c957910 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/io/ballerina/plugin/BallerinaPlugin.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/io/ballerina/plugin/BallerinaPlugin.groovy
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class BallerinaPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
         def ballerinaExtension = project.extensions.create('ballerina', BallerinaExtension)
 
         def packageOrg = ''
-        def platform = 'java17'
+        def platform = 'java21'
         def tomlVersion
         def balBuildTarget = 'build/bal_build_target'
         def balaArtifact = new File("$project.projectDir/build/bala_unzipped/")
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ class BallerinaPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
                                 commandLine 'cmd', '/c', "bal.bat push ${balBuildTarget}/bala/${packageOrg}-${packageName}-${platform}-${balaVersion}.bala --repository=local && exit %%ERRORLEVEL%%"
                             } else {
                                 commandLine 'sh', '-c', "bal push ${balBuildTarget}/bala/${packageOrg}-${packageName}-${platform}-${balaVersion}.bala --repository=local"
-                            } 
+                            }
                         }
                     }
                 }