diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8016146c28c..3f3d10945f8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@
         <java.version>1.8</java.version>
         <maven.version>3.9.9</maven.version>
         <maven.compiler.source>${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>8</maven.compiler.target>
         <maven.compiler.release>8</maven.compiler.release>
         <scala.version>2.12.19</scala.version>
         <scala.binary.version>2.12</scala.binary.version>