diff --git a/curator-examples/pom.xml b/curator-examples/pom.xml
index c8e8430cf7..7d6ffb952b 100644
--- a/curator-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/curator-examples/pom.xml
@@ -64,16 +64,4 @@
             <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
-
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/curator-test-zk34/pom.xml b/curator-test-zk34/pom.xml
index 1b6b102029..3d06cb0b35 100644
--- a/curator-test-zk34/pom.xml
+++ b/curator-test-zk34/pom.xml
@@ -136,14 +136,6 @@
 
     <build>
         <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <useIncrementalCompilation>false</useIncrementalCompilation>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8c74e7ad1f..b0fa567557 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@
         <project.build.resourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.resourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
-        <jdk-version>1.8</jdk-version>
+        <short-jdk-version>8</short-jdk-version>
+        <jdk-version>1.${short-jdk-version}</jdk-version>
 
         <!-- versions -->
         <zookeeper-version>3.5.4-beta</zookeeper-version>
@@ -664,15 +665,6 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
             </plugin>
 
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>${jdk-version}</source>
-                    <target>${jdk-version}</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -919,4 +911,42 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
+
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>jdk-8-minus</id>
+            <activation>
+                <jdk>(,1.8]</jdk>
+            </activation>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <source>${jdk-version}</source>
+                            <target>${jdk-version}</target>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+        <profile>
+            <id>jdk-9-plus</id>
+            <activation>
+                <jdk>[1.9,)</jdk>
+            </activation>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <release>${short-jdk-version}</release>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
 </project>