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Minecraft runs on Java version 17 as of this pre-release – and you can expect the same to be true of the live version of Java Edition once 1.18 officially lands.

To date, Minecraft is ranked as the most popular video game ever, with more than 200 million downloads. Now, the Java version of Minecraft is being brought under the Microsoft umbrella, too.

After two years in the current format, the Java version scheme is going to be modified from Java 9 onwards. The change will follow best practices in software versioning across the industry.