diff --git a/simple-springboot-app/pom.xml b/simple-springboot-app/pom.xml
index 671aca5..5bc4b8b 100644
--- a/simple-springboot-app/pom.xml
+++ b/simple-springboot-app/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
+		<java.version>11</java.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>