diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index be7074b916fb..07d23b19bee5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -71,9 +71,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <java.version>17</java.version>
-        <maven.compiler.source>${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
-        <maven.compiler.release>${java.version}</maven.compiler.release>
+        <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
         <project.build.resourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.resourceEncoding>
         <aether.version>0.9.0.M2</aether.version>
         <apache.curator.version>5.5.0</apache.curator.version>