diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6620354c..2d70f8dd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@
 
         <!-- Instruct the build to use only UTF-8 encoding for source code -->
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
-        <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
+        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
         <skipITs>true</skipITs>
 
         <version.groovy>3.0.21</version.groovy>