diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d6830a35ac..008e34a290 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@
    <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-        <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.source>21</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>21</maven.compiler.target>
     </properties>
 
    <build>