diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b1f78369cbea..c099e5101623 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@
     <maven.build.timestamp.format>yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm</maven.build.timestamp.format>
     <buildDate>${maven.build.timestamp}</buildDate>
     <compileSource>1.8</compileSource>
-    <releaseTarget>8</releaseTarget>
+    <releaseTarget>11</releaseTarget>
     <!-- Build dependencies -->
     <!-- The $revision feature is introduced in 3.5.0 -->
     <maven.min.version>3.5.0</maven.min.version>