cross posting if it is relevant https://clojurians.slack.com/archives/C051G2KHB/p1716294742616849
tools.deps (Clojure CLI) doesn't control Java version, instead it uses Java that is specified by JAVA_HOME environment variable. You have to specify/set it outside of deps.edn.
Slightly more complicated than that but see https://clojure.org/reference/clojure_cli#java
Thanks @alexyakushev @alexmiller!!!
Ah, I answered in #jvm before I saw you cross-posted...