diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 34c1f24..7d86fa9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
     <properties>
-        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
+        <java.version>21</java.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 </project>