diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 80f5c94..2501a86 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ You can also build and run each example as a native app.
 - Micronaut: `./gradlew nativeCompile`
 - Quarkus: `quarkus build --native`
 - Spring Boot: `./gradlew nativeCompile`
-- Helidon: `mvn package -Pnative-image` (imperative) or `mvn package -Pjlink-image` (reactive, which uses a jlink image because no GraalVM release supports Java 27 yet)
+- Helidon: `mvn package -Pnative-image` (imperative) or `mvn package -Pjlink-image` (reactive, which uses a jlink image because Helidon 27 requires Java 27 and GraalVM releases are based on Java 25)
 
 Then, start each app as a native executable.
 
diff --git a/reactive/demo.adoc b/reactive/demo.adoc
index 0dd83a5..fe6dd0b 100644
--- a/reactive/demo.adoc
+++ b/reactive/demo.adoc
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ security:
 
 === Build a Helidon jlink image with an AOT cache
 
-Helidon 27 requires Java 27, and no GraalVM release supports Java 27 yet, so this app uses a custom Java runtime image with an ahead-of-time (AOT) cache instead of a native executable.
+Helidon 27 requires Java 27, but GraalVM releases are based on Java 25, so this app uses a custom Java runtime image with an ahead-of-time (AOT) cache instead of a native executable.
 
 . Build the runtime image using the `jlink-image` profile: