diff --git a/ci/autoscaler/pipeline.yml b/ci/autoscaler/pipeline.yml
index 528af0340f..c94a201be6 100644
--- a/ci/autoscaler/pipeline.yml
+++ b/ci/autoscaler/pipeline.yml
@@ -167,15 +167,15 @@ resources:
     tag_filter: v0.*
 
 - name: java-release
-  type: git
+  type: github-release
   icon: github
   check_every: 5m
   source:
-    uri: https://github.com/SAP/SapMachine.git
-    branch: sapmachine21 # use JDK 21 as the LTS version
-    fetch_tags: true
-    tag_regex: 'sapmachine-[[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+'
-    version_depth: 50
+    owner: SAP
+    repository: SapMachine
+    access_token: ((autoscaler_access_token))
+    release: true
+    tag_filter: "sapmachine-21.*"
 
 - name: gcp-jammy-stemcell
   type: bosh-io-stemcell
diff --git a/ci/autoscaler/tasks/update-sdk/update_java_package.sh b/ci/autoscaler/tasks/update-sdk/update_java_package.sh
index 2a9b96953d..9778e30f78 100755
--- a/ci/autoscaler/tasks/update-sdk/update_java_package.sh
+++ b/ci/autoscaler/tasks/update-sdk/update_java_package.sh
@@ -4,26 +4,24 @@
 # It downloads the given SAP Machine java distribution and updates the bosh packaging with the new version.
 
 [ -n "${DEBUG}" ] && set -x
-set -euo pipefail
+set -euox pipefail
 
 script_dir="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )"
 source "${script_dir}/vars.source.sh"
-
+ls -lah
 java_dir=${JAVA_DIR:-"${autoscaler_dir}/../SapMachine"}
 java_dir=$(realpath --canonicalize-existing "${java_dir}")
 
 pushd "${java_dir}"
-  java_major_version=$(grep "DEFAULT_JDK_SOURCE_TARGET_VERSION" make/conf/version-numbers.conf | cut -d= -f2)
-  java_version_interim=$(grep "DEFAULT_VERSION_INTERIM" make/conf/version-numbers.conf | cut -d= -f2)
-  java_version_update=$(grep "DEFAULT_VERSION_UPDATE" make/conf/version-numbers.conf | cut -d= -f2)
-  java_version_prerelease=$(grep "DEFAULT_PROMOTED_VERSION_PRE" make/conf/version-numbers.conf | cut -d= -f2)
+#	java_full_version=$(cat version | sed 's/^sapmachine-//' | sed 's/+//')
+java_full_version=$(sed 's/^sapmachine-//; s/+//' version)
 popd
 
-sapmachine_java_version="${java_major_version}.${java_version_interim}.${java_version_update}"
-echo "Desired Java Version: ${sapmachine_java_version}"
+sapmachine_java_version="${java_full_version}"
+echo "Desired Java Version: ${java_full_version}"
 
 # consider only lts releases
-if [ "${java_version_prerelease}" != "" ]; then
+if [ "${java_full_version}" != "${sapmachine_java_version}" ]; then
      echo "java version ${sapmachine_java_version} is not a LTS release. skipping update"
      exit 0
 fi
@@ -48,12 +46,14 @@ if [ "${JAVA_VERSION}" == "${current_java_version}" ]; then
   exit 0
 fi
 
-# Step 1 --> Download java...
-source "${script_dir}/download_java.sh" "${JAVA_VERSION}"
-printf "\n"
+#Step 1 --> Download java...
+binary_name="sapmachine-jdk-${JAVA_VERSION}_linux-x64_bin.tar.gz"
+mkdir -p "${autoscaler_dir}/src/binaries/jdk"
+mv "${java_dir}/${binary_name}" "${autoscaler_dir}/src/binaries/jdk/${binary_name}"
+#source "${script_dir}/download_java.sh" "${JAVA_VERSION}"
+#printf "\n"
 
 # Step 2 --> upload blob to blobstore
-binary_name="sapmachine-jdk-${JAVA_VERSION}_linux-x64_bin.tar.gz"
 pushd "${autoscaler_dir}" > /dev/null
   echo "- Adding and uploading blobs to release blobstore "
   bosh add-blob "src/binaries/jdk/${binary_name}" "${binary_name}"
diff --git a/config/blobs.yml b/config/blobs.yml
index affa6ec68b..fdab55aa75 100644
--- a/config/blobs.yml
+++ b/config/blobs.yml
@@ -6,3 +6,7 @@ sapmachine-jdk-21.0.4_linux-x64_bin.tar.gz:
   size: 208055144
   object_id: a5bb48f2-ae8e-4b00-7655-b553b1a264d7
   sha: sha256:9c4779b48a9d6f8120901e6c095227baebd2af2d7d7db1b0196c144ae9b9397d
+sapmachine-jdk-21.0.5_linux-x64_bin.tar.gz:
+  size: 207370814
+  object_id: d02de734-556d-49ed-4d0d-4a92248be00c
+  sha: sha256:713056536aea7bbb1f93fe978df20f69e23f37171abf272068339f75525b84d3
diff --git a/packages/openjdk-21/spec b/packages/openjdk-21/spec
index 5ea5e9c17e..cecfc85783 100644
--- a/packages/openjdk-21/spec
+++ b/packages/openjdk-21/spec
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 name: openjdk-21
 dependencies: []
 files:
-- sapmachine-jdk-21.0.4_linux-x64_bin.tar.gz  # from https://github.com/SAP/SapMachine/releases/download/sapmachine-21.0.4/sapmachine-jdk-21.0.4_linux-x64_bin.tar.gz
+- sapmachine-jdk-21.0.5_linux-x64_bin.tar.gz  # from https://github.com/SAP/SapMachine/releases/download/sapmachine-21.0.5/sapmachine-jdk-21.0.5_linux-x64_bin.tar.gz
diff --git a/packages/openjdk-21/version b/packages/openjdk-21/version
index 3af11cddcd..93b8ba970f 100644
--- a/packages/openjdk-21/version
+++ b/packages/openjdk-21/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-21.0.4
\ No newline at end of file
+21.0.5
\ No newline at end of file