diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bb355a53e..e6f88c6d1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <maven.compiler.version>3.8.0</maven.compiler.version>
-    <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+    <maven.compiler.release>8</maven.compiler.release>
     <maven.assembly.version>3.1.1</maven.assembly.version>
     <sonatype.staging.version>1.6.8</sonatype.staging.version>
     <sonatype.staging.autorelease>false</sonatype.staging.autorelease>