diff --git a/plugin-modernizer-core/src/main/java/io/jenkins/tools/pluginmodernizer/core/impl/PluginModernizer.java b/plugin-modernizer-core/src/main/java/io/jenkins/tools/pluginmodernizer/core/impl/PluginModernizer.java
index 3dfd7623..d76de831 100644
--- a/plugin-modernizer-core/src/main/java/io/jenkins/tools/pluginmodernizer/core/impl/PluginModernizer.java
+++ b/plugin-modernizer-core/src/main/java/io/jenkins/tools/pluginmodernizer/core/impl/PluginModernizer.java
@@ -268,6 +268,12 @@ private void process(Plugin plugin) {
             }
 
             // Run OpenRewrite
+            if (plugin.getMetadata().getJdks().stream().allMatch(jdk -> jdk.equals(JDK.JAVA_8))) {
+                LOG.info("Plugin support only Java 8. Need a first compile to general classes");
+                plugin.verifyWithoutTests(mavenInvoker, JDK.JAVA_8);
+            } else {
+                plugin.withJDK(JDK.min(plugin.getMetadata().getJdks()));
+            }
             plugin.runOpenRewrite(mavenInvoker);
             if (plugin.hasErrors()) {
                 LOG.warn(
diff --git a/plugin-modernizer-core/src/main/java/io/jenkins/tools/pluginmodernizer/core/model/Plugin.java b/plugin-modernizer-core/src/main/java/io/jenkins/tools/pluginmodernizer/core/model/Plugin.java
index 39b7110d..ec872cd5 100644
--- a/plugin-modernizer-core/src/main/java/io/jenkins/tools/pluginmodernizer/core/model/Plugin.java
+++ b/plugin-modernizer-core/src/main/java/io/jenkins/tools/pluginmodernizer/core/model/Plugin.java
@@ -620,6 +620,7 @@ public void collectMetadata(MavenInvoker maven) {
      * @param maven The maven invoker instance
      */
     public void runOpenRewrite(MavenInvoker maven) {
+        withJDK(JDK.JAVA_17);
         if (config.isFetchMetadataOnly()) {
             LOG.info("Skipping OpenRewrite recipe application for plugin {} as only metadata is required", name);
             return;
diff --git a/plugin-modernizer-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/rewrite/recipes.yml b/plugin-modernizer-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/rewrite/recipes.yml
index 5bae02ec..aa85d32c 100644
--- a/plugin-modernizer-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/rewrite/recipes.yml
+++ b/plugin-modernizer-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/rewrite/recipes.yml
@@ -414,6 +414,7 @@ recipeList:
   - io.jenkins.tools.pluginmodernizer.RemoveExtraMavenProperties
   - io.jenkins.tools.pluginmodernizer.UpgradeBomVersion
   - io.jenkins.tools.pluginmodernizer.MigrateToJenkinsBaseLineProperty
+  - org.openrewrite.java.RemoveUnusedImports
 ---
 type: specs.openrewrite.org/v1beta/recipe
 name: io.jenkins.tools.pluginmodernizer.SetupDependabot