diff --git a/docs/utilities/idempotency.md b/docs/utilities/idempotency.md
index 3953949d1..83f256e6b 100644
--- a/docs/utilities/idempotency.md
+++ b/docs/utilities/idempotency.md
@@ -983,7 +983,9 @@ To unit test your function with DynamoDB Local, you can refer to this guide to [
         <dependency>
            <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
            <artifactId>DynamoDBLocal</artifactId>
-           <version>[1.12,2.0)</version>
+           <!-- Use newest version if you are on Java >11 -->
+           <!-- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/DynamoDBLocalHistory.html -->
+           <version>2.2.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <!-- Needed when building locally on M1 Mac -->
diff --git a/powertools-idempotency/powertools-idempotency-dynamodb/pom.xml b/powertools-idempotency/powertools-idempotency-dynamodb/pom.xml
index 4ae37f00c..4dd59a476 100644
--- a/powertools-idempotency/powertools-idempotency-dynamodb/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-idempotency/powertools-idempotency-dynamodb/pom.xml
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
   -->
 
 <project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <parent>
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
             <artifactId>DynamoDBLocal</artifactId>
-            <version>[1.12,2.0)</version>
+            <!-- >2.2.0 is not compatible with Java 11 anymore -->
+            <!-- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/DynamoDBLocalHistory.html -->
+            <version>2.2.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <!--Needed when building locally on M1 Mac-->
@@ -85,7 +87,7 @@
                         <manifestEntries>
                             <Automatic-Module-Name>software.amazon.awssdk.enhanced.dynamodb</Automatic-Module-Name>
                         </manifestEntries>
-                   </archive>
+                    </archive>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
@@ -123,4 +125,4 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>