diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3741461aa..cf2591e64 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -84,7 +84,9 @@
     <maven.compiler.encoding>UTF-8</maven.compiler.encoding>
 
 	<!-- pin the source code compatibility to 11 for the sake of backward compatibility -->
-    <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
+    <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
+
+    <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
 
     <!-- Enable java assertions during junit test runs. -->
     <!-- The "enableAssertions" property is only available in the maven-surefire plugin. -->