diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_rc_validation_java_quickstart.yml b/.github/workflows/run_rc_validation_java_quickstart.yml
index f39e8ac93923..98b597bf4c0e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_rc_validation_java_quickstart.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_rc_validation_java_quickstart.yml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run QuickStart Java Flink Runner
         uses: ./.github/actions/gradle-command-self-hosted-action
         with:
-          gradle-command: :runners:flink:1.20:runQuickstartJavaFlinkLocal
+          gradle-command: :runners:flink:2.0:runQuickstartJavaFlinkLocal
           arguments: |
             -Prepourl=${{ env.APACHE_REPO_URL }} \
             -Pver=${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}
diff --git a/release/build.gradle.kts b/release/build.gradle.kts
index b3438ee79cdb..5be707428605 100644
--- a/release/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/release/build.gradle.kts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ task("runJavaExamplesValidationTask") {
   dependsOn(":runners:direct-java:runQuickstartJavaDirect")
   dependsOn(":runners:google-cloud-dataflow-java:runQuickstartJavaDataflow")
   dependsOn(":runners:spark:3:runQuickstartJavaSpark")
-  dependsOn(":runners:flink:1.20:runQuickstartJavaFlinkLocal")
+  dependsOn(":runners:flink:2.0:runQuickstartJavaFlinkLocal")
   dependsOn(":runners:direct-java:runMobileGamingJavaDirect")
   if (project.hasProperty("ver") || !project.version.toString().endsWith("SNAPSHOT")) {
     // only run one variant of MobileGaming on Dataflow for nightly