diff --git a/jjb/sdnc/sdnc-northbound.yaml b/jjb/sdnc/sdnc-northbound.yaml
index ee7c79d..a35908a 100644
--- a/jjb/sdnc/sdnc-northbound.yaml
+++ b/jjb/sdnc/sdnc-northbound.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
           branch: 'master'
       - 'frankfurt':
           branch: 'frankfurt'
+    java-version: openjdk11
+    mvn-version: "mvn36"
     mvn-settings: 'sdnc-northbound-settings'
 
     # due to a strange macro / variable translation problem this needs to be