diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f3d78f1..145f13e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ This example is taken from [`molecule/default/converge.yml`](https://github.com/
       #     - host-manager
       #     - manager
       #     - ROOT
+      # - name: "tomcat-java_home"
+      #   java_home: "/opt/java/jdk-17"
 
   roles:
     - role: robertdebock.tomcat
@@ -154,7 +156,7 @@ The default values for the variables are set in [`defaults/main.yml`](https://gi
 # Some "sane" defaults.
 tomcat_name: tomcat
 tomcat_directory: /opt
-tomcat_version: 9
+tomcat_version: 10
 tomcat_user: tomcat
 tomcat_group: tomcat
 tomcat_xms: 512M
@@ -216,9 +218,9 @@ tomcat_instances:
 
 # The explicit version to use when referring to the short name.
 tomcat_version7: "7.0.109"
-tomcat_version8: "8.5.73"
-tomcat_version9: "9.0.55"
-tomcat_version10: "10.1.12"
+tomcat_version8: "8.5.100"
+tomcat_version9: "9.0.100"
+tomcat_version10: "10.1.36"
 
 # The location where to download Apache Tomcat from.
 tomcat_mirror: "https://archive.apache.org"
diff --git a/molecule/default/converge.yml b/molecule/default/converge.yml
index 094facf..6a7b6e1 100644
--- a/molecule/default/converge.yml
+++ b/molecule/default/converge.yml
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@
       #     - host-manager
       #     - manager
       #     - ROOT
+      # - name: "tomcat-java_home"
+      #   java_home: "/opt/java/jdk-17"
 
   roles:
     - role: ansible-role-tomcat
diff --git a/tasks/assert.yml b/tasks/assert.yml
index c75e5bf..6dc4d2e 100644
--- a/tasks/assert.yml
+++ b/tasks/assert.yml
@@ -441,3 +441,15 @@
     label: "{{ item.name }}"
   when:
     - item.remove_webapps is defined
+
+- name: assert | Test item.java_home in tomcat_instances
+  ansible.builtin.assert:
+    that:
+      - item.java_home is string
+      - item.java_home is not none
+    quiet: true
+  loop: "{{ tomcat_instances }}"
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.name }}"
+  when:
+    - item.java_home is defined
diff --git a/templates/setenv.sh.j2 b/templates/setenv.sh.j2
index 720dd88..cd8dec6 100644
--- a/templates/setenv.sh.j2
+++ b/templates/setenv.sh.j2
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {{ ansible_managed | comment }}
 
+{% if instance.java_home is defined %}
+JAVA_HOME="{{ instance.java_home }}"
+PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:/$PATH
+{% endif %}
+
 {% if instance.java_opts is defined %}
 {% for java_opt in instance.java_opts %}
 {{ java_opt.name }}="{{ java_opt.value }}"