diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index e2e22ae6..12bae64f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         language: [ 'java' ]
-        java: [11, 17, 21]
+        java: [17, 21]
         # CodeQL supports [ 'cpp', 'csharp', 'go', 'java', 'javascript', 'python', 'ruby' ]
         # Learn more about CodeQL language support at https://git.io/codeql-language-support
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/early_access.yml b/.github/workflows/early_access.yml
index 8a2987a0..aea9f35b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/early_access.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/early_access.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Set up JDK 11
       uses: actions/setup-java@ad2b38190b15e4d6bdf0c97fb4fca8412226d287 # v5.3.0
-      java-version: 11
+      java-version: 17
       distribution: 'microsoft'
       cache: 'maven'
         
diff --git a/.github/workflows/jreleaser.yml b/.github/workflows/jreleaser.yml
index 06de4ad9..f245b622 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/jreleaser.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/jreleaser.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Java JDK
         uses: actions/setup-java@ad2b38190b15e4d6bdf0c97fb4fca8412226d287 # v5.3.0
         with:
-          java-version: '11'
+          java-version: '17'
           distribution: 'microsoft'
           server-id: ossrh
           server-username: MAVEN_USERNAME
diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven.yml b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
index 9ee2d99d..98b1d040 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        java: [11, 17, 21]
+        java: [17, 21]
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index b9db344c..08c50247 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Java JDK
         uses: actions/setup-java@ad2b38190b15e4d6bdf0c97fb4fca8412226d287 # v5.3.0
         with:
-          java-version: '11'
+          java-version: '17'
           distribution: 'microsoft'
           server-id: ossrh
           server-username: MAVEN_USERNAME
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_to_github.yml b/.github/workflows/release_to_github.yml
index b26512f0..6af666fb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_to_github.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_to_github.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Java JDK
         uses: actions/setup-java@ad2b38190b15e4d6bdf0c97fb4fca8412226d287 # v5.3.0
         with:
-          java-version: '11'
+          java-version: '17'
           distribution: 'microsoft'
 
       - name: Version
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 554d6e94..8191174d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
         <maven.checkstyle-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven.checkstyle-plugin.version>
         <maven.clean-plugin.version>3.5.0</maven.clean-plugin.version>
         <maven.compiler-plugin.version>3.14.0</maven.compiler-plugin.version>
-        <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
+        <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
         <maven.dependency-plugin.version>3.8.1</maven.dependency-plugin.version>
         <maven.deploy-plugin.version>3.1.4</maven.deploy-plugin.version>
         <maven.directory-maven-plugin.version>1.0</maven.directory-maven-plugin.version>
@@ -185,8 +185,7 @@
                     <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                     <version>${maven.compiler-plugin.version}</version>
                     <configuration>
-                        <source>{maven.compiler.release}</source>
-                        <target>{maven.compiler.release}</target>
+                        <release>17</release>
                         <compilerArgs>
                             <arg>--module-version=${project.version}</arg>
                             <arg>-Xlint:unchecked</arg>