diff --git a/tensorflow/java/maven/spark-tensorflow-connector/pom.xml b/tensorflow/java/maven/spark-tensorflow-connector/pom.xml
index 19f5e29da2bf38..accfb463ad0465 100644
--- a/tensorflow/java/maven/spark-tensorflow-connector/pom.xml
+++ b/tensorflow/java/maven/spark-tensorflow-connector/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         <scala.binary.version>2.11</scala.binary.version>
         <scalatest.maven.version>1.0</scalatest.maven.version>
         <scala.test.version>2.2.6</scala.test.version>
-        <maven.compiler.version>3.0</maven.compiler.version>
+        <maven.compiler.version>3.9.0</maven.compiler.version>
         <java.version>1.8</java.version>
         <spark.version>2.4.5</spark.version>
         <yarn.api.version>2.7.3</yarn.api.version>