diff --git a/archetypes/camel-archetype-spring-boot/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/archetypes/camel-archetype-spring-boot/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 2c951d8fa01..a76de9c8dc9 100644
--- a/archetypes/camel-archetype-spring-boot/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/camel-archetype-spring-boot/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
+    <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
+    <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.target>
     <spring.boot-version>${spring-boot-version}</spring.boot-version>
     <surefire.plugin.version>3.0.0-M4</surefire.plugin.version>
     <jkube.generator.from>registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/openjdk-17:latest</jkube.generator.from>
@@ -94,14 +97,6 @@
 
   <build>
     <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${maven-compiler-plugin-version}</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <release>17</release>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>