diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index 6334860f..5fc52de4 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * allowing one to test against multiple Jenkins versions.
  */
 buildPlugin(useContainerAgent: true, configurations: [
-  [ platform: 'linux', jdk: '11' ],
-  [ platform: 'linux', jdk: '17' ],
-  [ platform: 'windows', jdk: '11' ]
+  [platform: 'linux', jdk: 21],
+  [platform: 'windows', jdk: 17],
+  [platform: 'linux', jdk: 11]
 ])
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e32e7f01..5c1e535c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jenkins-ci</groupId>
     <artifactId>jenkins</artifactId>
-    <version>1.115</version>
+    <version>1.116</version>
     <relativePath />
   </parent>
 
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@
     <slf4j.version>2.0.13</slf4j.version>
     <gitHubRepo>jenkinsci/winstone</gitHubRepo>
     <spotless.check.skip>false</spotless.check.skip>
+    <!-- TODO until we are ready to ship Winstone 7 with Jetty 12 EE 8 -->
+    <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencyManagement>