diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven.yml b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
index f6e984d06..f326e0229 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ name: Eclipse Grizzly NIO CI
 
 on:
   pull_request:
+  push:
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -22,13 +23,13 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        java_version: [ 11 ]
+        java_version: [ 21 ]
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout for build
       uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - name: Set up JDK
-      uses: actions/setup-java@v2
+      uses: actions/setup-java@v3
       with:
         distribution: 'temurin'
         java-version: ${{ matrix.java_version }}
@@ -47,13 +48,13 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        java_version: [ 11 ]
+        java_version: [ 21 ]
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout for build
       uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - name: Set up JDK
-      uses: actions/setup-java@v2
+      uses: actions/setup-java@v3
       with:
         distribution: 'temurin'
         java-version: ${{ matrix.java_version }}
diff --git a/modules/grizzly/src/main/java/org/glassfish/grizzly/threadpool/VirtualThreadExecutorService.java b/modules/grizzly/src/main/java/org/glassfish/grizzly/threadpool/VirtualThreadExecutorService.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f98b91703
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/grizzly/src/main/java/org/glassfish/grizzly/threadpool/VirtualThreadExecutorService.java
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+package org.glassfish.grizzly.threadpool;
+
+import org.glassfish.grizzly.Grizzly;
+import org.glassfish.grizzly.localization.LogMessages;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.concurrent.AbstractExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.RejectedExecutionException;
+import java.util.concurrent.Semaphore;
+import java.util.concurrent.ThreadFactory;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+
+/**
+ * @author mazhen
+ */
+public class VirtualThreadExecutorService extends AbstractExecutorService implements Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler {
+
+    private static final Logger logger = Grizzly.logger(VirtualThreadExecutorService.class);
+
+    private final ExecutorService internalExecutorService;
+    private final Semaphore poolSemaphore;
+    private final Semaphore queueSemaphore;
+
+    public static VirtualThreadExecutorService createInstance() {
+        return createInstance(ThreadPoolConfig.defaultConfig().setMaxPoolSize(-1).setPoolName("Grizzly-virt-"));
+    }
+
+    public static VirtualThreadExecutorService createInstance(ThreadPoolConfig cfg) {
+        Objects.requireNonNull(cfg);
+        return new VirtualThreadExecutorService(cfg);
+    }
+
+    protected VirtualThreadExecutorService(ThreadPoolConfig cfg) {
+        internalExecutorService = Executors.newThreadPerTaskExecutor(getThreadFactory(cfg));
+
+        int poolSizeLimit = cfg.getMaxPoolSize() > 0 ? cfg.getMaxPoolSize() : Integer.MAX_VALUE;
+        int queueLimit = cfg.getQueueLimit() >= 0 ? cfg.getQueueLimit() : Integer.MAX_VALUE;
+        // Check for integer overflow
+        long totalLimit = (long) poolSizeLimit + (long) queueLimit;
+        if (totalLimit > Integer.MAX_VALUE) {
+            // Handle the overflow case
+            queueSemaphore = new Semaphore(Integer.MAX_VALUE, true);
+        } else {
+            queueSemaphore = new Semaphore((int) totalLimit, true);
+        }
+        poolSemaphore = new Semaphore(poolSizeLimit, true);
+    }
+
+    private ThreadFactory getThreadFactory(ThreadPoolConfig threadPoolConfig) {
+
+        var prefix = threadPoolConfig.getPoolName() + "-";
+
+        // virtual threads factory
+        final ThreadFactory factory = Thread.ofVirtual()
+                .name(prefix, 0L)
+                .uncaughtExceptionHandler(this)
+                .factory();
+
+        return r -> {
+            Thread thread = factory.newThread(r);
+            final ClassLoader initial = threadPoolConfig.getInitialClassLoader();
+            if (initial != null) {
+                thread.setContextClassLoader(initial);
+            }
+            return thread;
+        };
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void shutdown() {
+        internalExecutorService.shutdown();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<Runnable> shutdownNow() {
+        return internalExecutorService.shutdownNow();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isShutdown() {
+        return internalExecutorService.isShutdown();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isTerminated() {
+        return internalExecutorService.isTerminated();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean awaitTermination(long timeout, TimeUnit unit) throws InterruptedException {
+        return internalExecutorService.awaitTermination(timeout, unit);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void execute(Runnable command) {
+        if (!queueSemaphore.tryAcquire()) {
+            throw new RejectedExecutionException("Too Many Concurrent Requests");
+        }
+
+        internalExecutorService.execute(() -> {
+            try {
+                poolSemaphore.acquire();
+                try {
+                    command.run();
+                } finally {
+                    poolSemaphore.release();
+                }
+            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+            } finally {
+                queueSemaphore.release();
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void uncaughtException(Thread thread, Throwable throwable) {
+        logger.log(Level.WARNING, LogMessages.WARNING_GRIZZLY_THREADPOOL_UNCAUGHT_EXCEPTION(thread), throwable);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/modules/grizzly/src/test/java/org/glassfish/grizzly/VirtualThreadExecutorServiceTest.java b/modules/grizzly/src/test/java/org/glassfish/grizzly/VirtualThreadExecutorServiceTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e45fa9c8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/grizzly/src/test/java/org/glassfish/grizzly/VirtualThreadExecutorServiceTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+package org.glassfish.grizzly;
+
+import org.glassfish.grizzly.threadpool.ThreadPoolConfig;
+import org.glassfish.grizzly.threadpool.VirtualThreadExecutorService;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
+import java.util.concurrent.CyclicBarrier;
+import java.util.concurrent.RejectedExecutionException;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+
+public class VirtualThreadExecutorServiceTest extends GrizzlyTestCase {
+
+    public void testCreateInstance() throws Exception {
+
+        VirtualThreadExecutorService r = VirtualThreadExecutorService.createInstance();
+        final int tasks = 2000000;
+        doTest(r, tasks);
+    }
+
+    public void testAwaitTermination() throws Exception {
+        VirtualThreadExecutorService r = VirtualThreadExecutorService.createInstance();
+        final int tasks = 2000;
+        doTest(r, tasks);
+        r.shutdown();
+        assertTrue(r.awaitTermination(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS));
+        assertTrue(r.isTerminated());
+    }
+
+    public void testQueueLimit() throws Exception {
+        int maxPoolSize = 20;
+        int queueLimit = 10;
+        int queue = maxPoolSize + queueLimit;
+        ThreadPoolConfig config = ThreadPoolConfig.defaultConfig()
+                .setMaxPoolSize(maxPoolSize)
+                .setQueueLimit(queueLimit);
+        VirtualThreadExecutorService r = VirtualThreadExecutorService.createInstance(config);
+
+        CyclicBarrier start = new CyclicBarrier(maxPoolSize + 1);
+        CyclicBarrier hold = new CyclicBarrier(maxPoolSize + 1);
+        AtomicInteger result = new AtomicInteger();
+        for (int i = 0; i < maxPoolSize; i++) {
+            int taskId = i;
+            r.execute(() -> {
+                try {
+                    System.out.println("task " + taskId + " is running");
+                    start.await();
+                    hold.await();
+                    result.getAndIncrement();
+                    System.out.println("task " + taskId + " is completed");
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                }
+            });
+        }
+        start.await();
+        for (int i = maxPoolSize; i < queue; i++) {
+            int taskId = i;
+            r.execute(() -> {
+                try {
+                    result.getAndIncrement();
+                    System.out.println("task " + taskId + " is completed");
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                }
+            });
+        }
+        // Too Many Concurrent Requests
+        Assert.assertThrows(RejectedExecutionException.class, () -> r.execute(() -> System.out.println("cannot be executed")));
+        hold.await();
+        while (true) {
+            if (result.intValue() == queue) {
+                System.out.println("All tasks have been completed.");
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        // The executor can accept new tasks
+        doTest(r, queue);
+    }
+
+    private void doTest(VirtualThreadExecutorService r, int tasks) throws Exception {
+        final CountDownLatch cl = new CountDownLatch(tasks);
+        while (tasks-- > 0) {
+            r.execute(() -> cl.countDown());
+        }
+        assertTrue("latch timed out", cl.await(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 979dfd721..aebef09df 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@
     </issueManagement>
 
     <properties>
+        <java.version>21</java.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <servlet-version>6.0.0</servlet-version>
         <maven-plugin.version>1.0.0</maven-plugin.version>
@@ -196,8 +197,9 @@
                     <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                     <version>3.9.0</version>
                     <configuration>
-                        <source>11</source>
-                        <target>11</target>
+                        <source>${java.version}</source>
+                        <target>${java.version}</target>
+                        <release>${java.version}</release>
                         <compilerArgument>-Xlint:unchecked,deprecation,fallthrough,finally,cast,dep-ann,empty,overrides</compilerArgument>
                     </configuration>
                 </plugin>
@@ -224,7 +226,7 @@
                         <configuration>
                             <rules>
                                 <requireJavaVersion>
-                                    <version>[11,)</version>
+                                    <version>[21,)</version>
                                 </requireJavaVersion>
                                 <requireMavenVersion>
                                     <version>3.6.3</version>