diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/pom.xml b/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/pom.xml
index 8b8075627..e213c3fd4 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/pom.xml
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/pom.xml
@@ -130,10 +130,9 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.11.0</version>
+          <version>3.13.0</version>
           <configuration>
-            <source>1.8</source>
-            <target>1.8</target>
+            <release>8</release>
             <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
           </configuration>
         </plugin>
diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml b/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml
index 4a6c09b07..e34095c37 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml
@@ -185,10 +185,9 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.11.0</version>
+          <version>3.13.0</version>
           <configuration>
-            <source>1.8</source>
-            <target>1.8</target>
+            <release>8</release>
             <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
           </configuration>
         </plugin>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 69ad327ac..272d29cff 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -99,10 +99,9 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.11.0</version>
+          <version>3.13.0</version>
           <configuration>
-            <source>1.8</source>
-            <target>1.8</target>
+            <release>8</release>
             <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
           </configuration>
         </plugin>