diff --git a/java/modules/distribution/src/main/bin/synapse.sh b/java/modules/distribution/src/main/bin/synapse.sh
index 5a667d1..a2f2ca7 100644
--- a/java/modules/distribution/src/main/bin/synapse.sh
+++ b/java/modules/distribution/src/main/bin/synapse.sh
@@ -97,16 +97,18 @@
 SYNAPSE_CLASSPATH=$SYNAPSE_HOME/repository/conf:$JAVA_HOME/lib/tools.jar:$SYNAPSE_CLASSPATH:$CLASSPATH
 
 # use proper bouncy castle version for the JDK
-jdk_15=`$JAVA_HOME/bin/java -version 2>&1 | grep 1.5`
+#jdk_15=`$JAVA_HOME/bin/java -version 2>&1 | grep 1.5`
+jdk_16=`$JAVA_HOME/bin/java -version 2>&1 | grep 1.6`
+jdk_17=`$JAVA_HOME/bin/java -version 2>&1 | grep 1.7`
 
-if [ "$jdk_15" ]; then
-    echo " Using Bouncy castle JAR for Java 1.5"
+if [ "$jdk_16" -o "$jdk_17" ]; then
+#    echo " Using Bouncy castle JAR for Java 1.5"
     for f in $SYNAPSE_HOME/lib/bcprov-jdk15*.jar
     do
       SYNAPSE_CLASSPATH=$f:$SYNAPSE_CLASSPATH
     done
 else
-    echo " [Warn] Synapse is tested only with Java 5"
+    echo " [Warn] Synapse is tested only with Java 1.6 and 1.7"
 fi
 
 # For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java