diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8043a26..c223243 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <version>0.3.0</version>
 
-    <properties>
+  <properties>
+        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.14.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <skipTests>false</skipTests>
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@
         <central.publishing.maven.plugin>0.8.0</central.publishing.maven.plugin>
         <gnu.crypto.version>2.0.1</gnu.crypto.version>
         <slf4j-simple.version>2.0.17</slf4j-simple.version>
+        <java.version>17</java.version>
     </properties>
 
     <licenses>
@@ -110,7 +112,17 @@
                 <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
             </resource>
         </resources>
-        <plugins>
+          <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+              <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+              <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
+              <configuration>
+                <source>${java.version}</source>
+                <target>${java.version}</target>
+                <release>${java.version}</release>
+              </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.antlr</groupId>
                 <artifactId>antlr4-maven-plugin</artifactId>