diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 285d2ae38..381ae289b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     </distributionManagement>
 
     <properties>
-        <jdk.version>8</jdk.version>
+        <jdk.version>1.8</jdk.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <jacoco.version>0.8.7</jacoco.version>
         <sonar.coverage.jacoco.xmlReportPaths>
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
                         <configuration>
                             <rules>
                                 <requireJavaVersion>
-                                    <version>8</version>
+                                    <version>1.8</version>
                                 </requireJavaVersion>
                                 <requireMavenVersion>
                                     <version>3.3.9</version>
@@ -178,8 +178,6 @@
                     <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                     <version>3.10.1</version>
                     <configuration>
-                        <release>${jdk.version}</release>
-                        <testRelease>${jdk.version}</testRelease>
                         <target>${jdk.version}</target>
                         <source>${jdk.version}</source>
                     </configuration>