diff --git a/accessors-smart/pom.xml b/accessors-smart/pom.xml
index 1f6c60f..7e537d7 100644
--- a/accessors-smart/pom.xml
+++ b/accessors-smart/pom.xml
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ limitations under the License.
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.build.outputTimestamp>10</project.build.outputTimestamp>
-        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
     </properties>
     <scm>
         <connection>scm:git:https://github.com/netplex/json-smart-v2.git</connection>
diff --git a/json-smart-action/pom.xml b/json-smart-action/pom.xml
index 2b41b4e..79fc900 100644
--- a/json-smart-action/pom.xml
+++ b/json-smart-action/pom.xml
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.build.outputTimestamp>10</project.build.outputTimestamp>
-        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         <junit.version>5.11.2</junit.version>
     </properties>
     <scm>
diff --git a/json-smart/pom.xml b/json-smart/pom.xml
index 3feb813..967220d 100644
--- a/json-smart/pom.xml
+++ b/json-smart/pom.xml
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ limitations under the License.
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<project.build.outputTimestamp>10</project.build.outputTimestamp>
-		<maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
-		<maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+		<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+		<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
 		<junit.version>5.11.2</junit.version>
 	</properties>
 	<scm>