diff --git a/core/trino-server-main/pom.xml b/core/trino-server-main/pom.xml
index 6d9d3fa9a3e1..04617fe3b7fb 100644
--- a/core/trino-server-main/pom.xml
+++ b/core/trino-server-main/pom.xml
@@ -48,4 +48,23 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <resources>
+            <resource>
+                <filtering>true</filtering>
+                <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+                <includes>
+                    <include>io/trino/server/build.properties</include>
+                </includes>
+            </resource>
+            <resource>
+                <filtering>false</filtering>
+                <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+                <excludes>
+                    <exclude>io/trino/server/build.properties</exclude>
+                </excludes>
+            </resource>
+        </resources>
+    </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/core/trino-server-main/src/main/java/io/trino/server/TrinoServer.java b/core/trino-server-main/src/main/java/io/trino/server/TrinoServer.java
index 6c13a4f25c2e..2fe8558b4aef 100644
--- a/core/trino-server-main/src/main/java/io/trino/server/TrinoServer.java
+++ b/core/trino-server-main/src/main/java/io/trino/server/TrinoServer.java
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@
  */
 package io.trino.server;
 
+import com.google.common.io.Resources;
+
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
 import static com.google.common.base.MoreObjects.firstNonNull;
 
 public final class TrinoServer
@@ -22,12 +27,25 @@ private TrinoServer() {}
     public static void main(String[] args)
     {
         Runtime.Version javaVersion = Runtime.version();
-        if (javaVersion.feature() < 22) {
-            System.err.printf("ERROR: Trino requires Java 22+ (found %s)%n", javaVersion);
+        int requiredVersion = requiredJavaVersion();
+        if (javaVersion.feature() < requiredVersion) {
+            System.err.printf("ERROR: Trino requires Java %d+ (found %s)%n", requiredVersion, javaVersion);
             System.exit(100);
         }
 
         String trinoVersion = TrinoServer.class.getPackage().getImplementationVersion();
         new Server().start(firstNonNull(trinoVersion, "unknown"));
     }
+
+    private static int requiredJavaVersion()
+    {
+        Properties properties = new Properties();
+        try (InputStream inputStream = Resources.getResource("io/trino/server/build.properties").openStream()) {
+            properties.load(inputStream);
+            return Integer.parseInt(properties.getProperty("target.jdk"));
+        }
+        catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Failed to load required Java version from properties file", e);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/core/trino-server-main/src/main/resources/io/trino/server/build.properties b/core/trino-server-main/src/main/resources/io/trino/server/build.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b9db04578580
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/trino-server-main/src/main/resources/io/trino/server/build.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+target.jdk=${project.build.targetJdk}