diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 589c7afe1e5f9..d54a9c4f19667 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2020,6 +2020,8 @@
           <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>3.6.1</version>
           <configuration>
+            <source>${java.version}</source>
+            <target>${java.version}</target>
             <skipMain>true</skipMain> <!-- skip compile -->
             <skip>true</skip> <!-- skip testCompile -->
           </configuration>