diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-graalvm-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-graalvm-tests.yml
index c963bed88..46135627d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-graalvm-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-graalvm-tests.yml
@@ -48,6 +48,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build and run native image
         run: |
             echo "JAVA_HOME=$JAVA_HOME"
-            echo "./mvnw -Pgraalvm package"
-            ./mvnw -Pgraalvm package
+            echo "./mvnw -Pgraalvm package -Dmaven.javadoc.skip=true"
+            ./mvnw -Pgraalvm package -Dmaven.javadoc.skip=true
             ./test-native-image/target/test-native-image -Dtest.mysql.password=r2dbc-password!@
diff --git a/test-native-image/pom.xml b/test-native-image/pom.xml
index adb8dcd94..79a2d6974 100644
--- a/test-native-image/pom.xml
+++ b/test-native-image/pom.xml
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-    <java.version>1.8</java.version>
-    <maven.compiler.source>8</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>8</maven.compiler.target>
     <skipNativeImage>true</skipNativeImage>
 
     <reactor.version>2022.0.9</reactor.version>