diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 023ae6c..2e3dd2e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,8 +12,13 @@
     <name>PluginTemplate</name>
 
     <properties>
-        <java.version>21</java.version>
+        <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+
+        <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
+        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.8.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
+        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
     <build>
@@ -22,10 +27,11 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.13.0</version>
+                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <source>${java.version}</source>
-                    <target>${java.version}</target>
+                    <release>${maven.compiler.release}</release>
+                    <source>14</source>
+                    <target>14</target>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>