diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 634c9eb4..e23e8515 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
+		<java.version>11</java.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@
 				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
 				<version>3.6.1</version>
 				<configuration>
-					<source>1.8</source>
-					<target>1.8</target>
+					<source>${java.version}</source>
+					<target>${java.version}</target>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>