diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bbeb353..543b437 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -47,8 +47,9 @@
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
         <!-- for Maven Compiler -->
-        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.source>21</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>21</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.release>21</maven.compiler.release>
 
     </properties>