diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b8e46b4b0ac..d01ad9c07b5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -486,6 +486,13 @@
                 <artifactId>mongodb-driver-core</artifactId>
                 <version>5.2.0</version>
             </dependency>
+            <!-- XXX: Drop this `rewrite-java-17` version declaration once
+            `rewrite-recipe-bom` pulls in version 8.39.1 or greater. -->
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.openrewrite</groupId>
+                <artifactId>rewrite-java-17</artifactId>
+                <version>8.38.1</version>
+            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.openrewrite</groupId>
                 <artifactId>rewrite-templating</artifactId>