diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 970e00324654..6b52e3ff447e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
     </scm>
 
     <properties>
-        <java.version>17</java.version>
+        <java.version>11</java.version>
         <maven.compiler.release>${java.version}</maven.compiler.release>
         <project.build.resourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.resourceEncoding>
         <aether.version>0.9.0.M2</aether.version>