diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 20c5d507..95b5a0b6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
       <tag>HEAD</tag>
   </scm>
     <properties>
-        <java.version>17</java.version>
+        <java.version>8</java.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>