diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f230beed0..148cab086 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <maven.compiler.source>8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>8</maven.compiler.target>
-        <maven.compiler.release>8</maven.compiler.release>
         <maven-deploy-plugin.version>3.0.0</maven-deploy-plugin.version>
         <maven-enforcer-plugin.version>3.1.0</maven-enforcer-plugin.version>
         <maven-jar-plugin.version>3.3.0</maven-jar-plugin.version>