diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 52929a9..906299b 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ ARG docker_parent_image=ghcr.io/openzipkin/alpine:3.18.5
 # When updating, also update the README
 #  * Use current version from https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/packages?name=openjdk21, stripping
 #    the `-rX` at the end.
-ARG java_version=21.0.1_p12
+ARG java_version=17.0.9_p8
 ARG java_home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-21-openjdk
 
 # We copy files from the context into a scratch container first to avoid a problem where docker and
@@ -66,7 +66,11 @@ FROM jdk as install
 WORKDIR /install
 
 # Included modules cherry-picked from https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/21/docs/api/
-RUN jlink --vm=server --no-header-files --no-man-pages --compress=0 --strip-debug --add-modules \
+# Note: unlike the master branch, this doesn't use --strip-debug on non-x86_64, because
+# it fails like below on JDK17 per #34:
+# Error: java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "objcopy": error=0, Failed to exec spawn helper: pid: 39, exit value: 1
+RUN if [ -d "/usr/lib/jvm/java-17-openjdk" ] && uname -m | grep -E 'x86_64'; then strip="--strip-debug"; else strip=""; fi && \
+jlink --vm=server --no-header-files --no-man-pages --compress=0 ${strip} --add-modules \
 java.base,java.logging,\
 # java.desktop includes java.beans which is used by Spring
 java.desktop,\
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 072cf64..a9690bc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,27 +15,27 @@ This is an internal base layer primarily used in [zipkin](https://github.com/ope
 
 To try the image, run the `java -version` command:
 ```bash
-docker run --rm ghcr.io/openzipkin/java:21.0.1_p12 -version
-openjdk version "21.0.1" 2023-10-17
-OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 21.0.1+12-alpine-r0)
-OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 21.0.1+12-alpine-r0, mixed mode, sharing)
+docker run --rm ghcr.io/openzipkin/java:17.0.9_p8 -version
+openjdk version "17.0.9" 2023-10-17
+OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 17.0.9+8-alpine-r0)
+OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 17.0.9+8-alpine-r0, mixed mode, sharing)
 ```
 
 ## Release process
 Build the `Dockerfile` using the current version without the revision classifier from here:
  * https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/packages?name=openjdk21
 ```bash
-# Note 21.0.1_p12 not 21.0.1_p12-r0!
-./build-bin/build 21.0.1_p12
+# Note 17.0.9_p8 not 17.0.9_p8-r0!
+./build-bin/build 17.0.9_p8
 ```
 
 Next, verify the built image matches that version:
 ```bash
 docker run --rm openzipkin/java:test -version
-openjdk version "21.0.1" 2023-10-17
-OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 21.0.1+12-alpine-r0)
-OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 21.0.1+12-alpine-r0, mixed mode, sharing)
+openjdk version "17.0.9" 2023-10-17
+OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 17.0.9+8-alpine-r0)
+OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 17.0.9+8-alpine-r0, mixed mode, sharing)
 ```
 
-To release the image, push a tag matching the arg to `build-bin/build` (ex `21.0.1_p12`).
+To release the image, push a tag matching the arg to `build-bin/build` (ex `17.0.9_p8`).
 This triggers a [GitHub Actions](https://github.com/openzipkin/docker-java/actions) job to push the image.