diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index 59816b3..8ce0184 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -97,10 +97,15 @@
     </mailingLists>
 
     <properties>
+        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         <sonatypeOssDistMgmtNexusUrl>https://jakarta.oss.sonatype.org/</sonatypeOssDistMgmtNexusUrl>
-        <sonatypeOssDistMgmtSnapshotsUrl>${sonatypeOssDistMgmtNexusUrl}content/repositories/snapshots/</sonatypeOssDistMgmtSnapshotsUrl>
-        <sonatypeOssDistMgmtStagingUrl>${sonatypeOssDistMgmtNexusUrl}content/repositories/staging/</sonatypeOssDistMgmtStagingUrl>
-        <sonatypeOssDistMgmtReleasesUrl>${sonatypeOssDistMgmtNexusUrl}service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</sonatypeOssDistMgmtReleasesUrl>
+        <sonatypeOssDistMgmtSnapshotsUrl>${sonatypeOssDistMgmtNexusUrl}content/repositories/snapshots/
+        </sonatypeOssDistMgmtSnapshotsUrl>
+        <sonatypeOssDistMgmtStagingUrl>${sonatypeOssDistMgmtNexusUrl}content/repositories/staging/
+        </sonatypeOssDistMgmtStagingUrl>
+        <sonatypeOssDistMgmtReleasesUrl>${sonatypeOssDistMgmtNexusUrl}service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/
+        </sonatypeOssDistMgmtReleasesUrl>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <!--
           Initialize release.arguments to empty, otherwise if not defined