diff --git a/templates/sast.yml b/templates/sast.yml
index b06ebc2..01786b5 100644
--- a/templates/sast.yml
+++ b/templates/sast.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ spec:
       description: The tags to apply to SAST jobs so they can be picked up by an appropriate GitLab runner
       default: []
       type: array
+    sast_java_version:
+      description: The Java version used by the SAST analyzer
+      default: 21
+      type: integer
 ---
 .sast-analyzer:
   stage: $[[ inputs.stage ]]
@@ -49,6 +53,7 @@ spec:
     DEFAULT_SAST_EXCLUDED_PATHS: $[[ inputs.excluded_paths ]]
     SAST_EXCLUDED_PATHS: "$DEFAULT_SAST_EXCLUDED_PATHS"
     COMPILE: $[[ inputs.use_precompiled_artifacts ]]
+    SAST_JAVA_VERSION: $[[ inputs.sast_java_version | expand_vars ]]
   dependencies: $[[ inputs.sast_dependencies ]]
   script:
     - /analyzer run