diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 48214ac2..68c8aa09 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@
     <accumulo.version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</accumulo.version>
     <!-- prevent introduction of new compiler warnings -->
     <maven.compiler.failOnWarning>true</maven.compiler.failOnWarning>
-    <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
-    <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+    <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
+    <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
     <maven.javadoc.failOnWarnings>true</maven.javadoc.failOnWarnings>
     <maven.site.deploy.skip>true</maven.site.deploy.skip>
     <maven.site.skip>true</maven.site.skip>