diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index bd9cdb1df..8f644b620 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
       uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      
+    - name: Set up JDK 1.8
+      uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+      with:
+        java-version: 1.8
+        
 #      with:
         # We must fetch at least the immediate parents so that if this is
         # a pull request then we can checkout the head.