diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e8ad5883..bfbd376e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 	</scm>
 
 	<properties>
-		<java.version>8</java.version>
 		<cryptolib.version>1.2.0</cryptolib.version>
 		<dagger.version>2.15</dagger.version>
 		<guava.version>23.6-jre</guava.version>
@@ -138,8 +137,7 @@
 				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
 				<version>3.7.0</version>
 				<configuration>
-					<source>${java.version}</source>
-					<target>${java.version}</target>
+					<release>8</release>
 					<showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>