diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2f4362c738333c6ee571df84bff324cbc3c90e55..c5d359fd85bcb4dbd23a2ff7bac7644238c0891f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <java.version>11</java.version>
-        <maven.compiler.release>${java.version}</maven.compiler.release>
+        <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
 
         <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>${encoding}</project.build.sourceEncoding>