Merge branch '2.6.x' into 2.7.x

- Update CI Deploy Docs to JDK 17

Issue gh-2327

Author: rwinch

.github/workflows/continuous-integration-workflow.yml

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up JDK
         uses: actions/setup-java@v1
         with:
-          java-version: '8'
+          java-version: '17'
       - name: Setup gradle user name
         run: |
           mkdir -p ~/.gradle