diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e6e173ece3e4..802c0cf669ba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ jobs:
     if: needs.build-info.outputs.needs-compile == 'true'
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        java: [ 8, 11, 17 ]
+        java: [ 17 ]
         include:
           - os: ubuntu-24.04
           - java: 21
@@ -161,7 +161,6 @@ jobs:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/check.yml
     with:
       checkout-fetch-depth: ${{ matrix.check != 'bats' && 1 || 0 }}
-      java-version: 8 # HDDS-10150
       needs-maven-cache: ${{ !contains('author,bats', matrix.check) }}
       ratis-args: ${{ inputs.ratis_args }}
       script: ${{ matrix.check }}
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/pom.xml
index d43ad4d12028..b8762c25dea8 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/pom.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
   <name>Apache Ozone HDDS Container Service</name>
   <description>Apache Ozone Distributed Data Store Container Service</description>
 
+  <properties>
+    <maven.compiler.release>${ozone.server.java.version}</maven.compiler.release>
+  </properties>
+
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/framework/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/framework/pom.xml
index 27654930c412..88d80ca3252e 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/framework/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/framework/pom.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
   <name>Apache Ozone HDDS Server Framework</name>
   <description>Apache Ozone Distributed Data Store Server Framework</description>
 
+  <properties>
+    <maven.compiler.release>${ozone.server.java.version}</maven.compiler.release>
+  </properties>
+
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/pom.xml
index d8cfb03f5b74..5c72a7fc72e3 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/pom.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <classpath.skip>false</classpath.skip>
+    <maven.compiler.release>${ozone.server.java.version}</maven.compiler.release>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/cli-admin/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/cli-admin/pom.xml
index e68105141389..656680b8562f 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/cli-admin/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/cli-admin/pom.xml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <classpath.skip>false</classpath.skip>
+    <maven.compiler.release>${ozone.server.java.version}</maven.compiler.release>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/csi/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/csi/pom.xml
index ea6f8cbad75f..596ea9104234 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/csi/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/csi/pom.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <classpath.skip>false</classpath.skip>
+    <maven.compiler.release>${ozone.server.java.version}</maven.compiler.release>
     <maven.javadoc.skip>true</maven.javadoc.skip>
     <!-- no tests in this module so far -->
     <maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/datanode/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/datanode/pom.xml
index a91604198157..12299243d039 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/datanode/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/datanode/pom.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <classpath.skip>false</classpath.skip>
+    <maven.compiler.release>${ozone.server.java.version}</maven.compiler.release>
     <!-- no tests in this module so far -->
     <maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip>
     <spotbugs.skip>true</spotbugs.skip>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/dev-support/checks/findbugs.sh b/hadoop-ozone/dev-support/checks/findbugs.sh
index 2286815ef332..f924815ee3d3 100755
--- a/hadoop-ozone/dev-support/checks/findbugs.sh
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/dev-support/checks/findbugs.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-#checks:basic
+#checks:skipped
 
 set -u -o pipefail
 
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/fault-injection-test/mini-chaos-tests/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/fault-injection-test/mini-chaos-tests/pom.xml
index 97d3076e889e..d0252ceaf667 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/fault-injection-test/mini-chaos-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/fault-injection-test/mini-chaos-tests/pom.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
   <name>Apache Ozone Mini Ozone Chaos Tests</name>
   <description>Apache Ozone Mini Ozone Chaos Tests</description>
 
+  <properties>
+    <maven.compiler.release>${ozone.server.java.version}</maven.compiler.release>
+  </properties>
+
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>info.picocli</groupId>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/freon/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/freon/pom.xml
index 7e4d7142835a..ce798653ea71 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/freon/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/freon/pom.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <classpath.skip>false</classpath.skip>
+    <maven.compiler.release>${ozone.server.java.version}</maven.compiler.release>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/httpfsgateway/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/httpfsgateway/pom.xml
index d4df054b4da4..9ee469d37af9 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/httpfsgateway/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/httpfsgateway/pom.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
     <httpfs.source.repository>REPO NOT AVAIL</httpfs.source.repository>
     <httpfs.source.revision>REVISION NOT AVAIL</httpfs.source.revision>
     <maven.build.timestamp.format>yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ</maven.build.timestamp.format>
+    <maven.compiler.release>${ozone.server.java.version}</maven.compiler.release>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/insight/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/insight/pom.xml
index df338e221eda..478037654a98 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/insight/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/insight/pom.xml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <classpath.skip>false</classpath.skip>
+    <maven.compiler.release>${ozone.server.java.version}</maven.compiler.release>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/integration-test-recon/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/integration-test-recon/pom.xml
index b9a75db3bd69..87529373a0ed 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/integration-test-recon/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/integration-test-recon/pom.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
   <name>Apache Ozone Recon Integration Tests</name>
   <description>Apache Ozone Integration Tests with Recon</description>
 
+  <properties>
+    <maven.compiler.release>${ozone.server.java.version}</maven.compiler.release>
+  </properties>
+
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/integration-test-s3/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/integration-test-s3/pom.xml
index 5d651dec31ff..e479a7c76c6d 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/integration-test-s3/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/integration-test-s3/pom.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
   <name>Apache Ozone S3 Integration Tests</name>
   <description>Apache Ozone Integration Tests with S3 Gateway</description>
 
+  <properties>
+    <maven.compiler.release>${ozone.server.java.version}</maven.compiler.release>
+  </properties>
+
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/pom.xml
index 10e851ba9d43..60dcc9314833 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/pom.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
   <name>Apache Ozone Integration Tests</name>
   <description>Apache Ozone Integration Tests</description>
 
+  <properties>
+    <maven.compiler.release>${ozone.server.java.version}</maven.compiler.release>
+  </properties>
+
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/interface-storage/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/interface-storage/pom.xml
index acf48a34e531..a2a9b555aa02 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/interface-storage/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/interface-storage/pom.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Apache Ozone Storage Interface</name>
   <description>Apache Ozone Storage Interface</description>
+
+  <properties>
+    <maven.compiler.release>${ozone.server.java.version}</maven.compiler.release>
+  </properties>
+
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.github.stephenc.jcip</groupId>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/mini-cluster/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/mini-cluster/pom.xml
index 055ecc8ee8c2..79bfcfa3c4fd 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/mini-cluster/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/mini-cluster/pom.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
   <description>Apache Ozone Mini Cluster for Integration Tests</description>
 
   <properties>
+    <maven.compiler.release>${ozone.server.java.version}</maven.compiler.release>
     <maven.javadoc.skip>true</maven.javadoc.skip>
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/multitenancy-ranger/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/multitenancy-ranger/pom.xml
index 62f5e5a5fd36..6cfbedefde26 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/multitenancy-ranger/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/multitenancy-ranger/pom.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <classpath.skip>false</classpath.skip>
+    <maven.compiler.release>${ozone.server.java.version}</maven.compiler.release>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/pom.xml
index ba17f1992b37..c9a16940432b 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/pom.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <classpath.skip>false</classpath.skip>
+    <maven.compiler.release>${ozone.server.java.version}</maven.compiler.release>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/recon-codegen/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/recon-codegen/pom.xml
index 58871f098898..39da4fdf0f77 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/recon-codegen/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/recon-codegen/pom.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
   <artifactId>ozone-reconcodegen</artifactId>
   <name>Apache Ozone Recon CodeGen</name>
   <properties>
+    <maven.compiler.release>${ozone.server.java.version}</maven.compiler.release>
     <!-- no tests in this module so far -->
     <maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip>
   </properties>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/recon/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/recon/pom.xml
index 90eb48d0921b..e7fc928ce59c 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/recon/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/recon/pom.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
   <name>Apache Ozone Recon</name>
   <properties>
     <classpath.skip>false</classpath.skip>
+    <maven.compiler.release>${ozone.server.java.version}</maven.compiler.release>
     <pnpm.version>8.15.7</pnpm.version>
   </properties>
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/s3-secret-store/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/s3-secret-store/pom.xml
index 28379aeacc78..e95eae7fe879 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/s3-secret-store/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/s3-secret-store/pom.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
   <properties>
     <downloadSources>true</downloadSources>
     <file.encoding>UTF-8</file.encoding>
+    <maven.compiler.release>${ozone.server.java.version}</maven.compiler.release>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/s3gateway/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/s3gateway/pom.xml
index aa510ae6a0f2..6a71afd7b18c 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/s3gateway/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/s3gateway/pom.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
     <classpath.skip>false</classpath.skip>
     <downloadSources>true</downloadSources>
     <file.encoding>UTF-8</file.encoding>
+    <maven.compiler.release>${ozone.server.java.version}</maven.compiler.release>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/tools/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/tools/pom.xml
index e82de6c6e211..6c8c497b9078 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/tools/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/tools/pom.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <classpath.skip>false</classpath.skip>
+    <maven.compiler.release>${ozone.server.java.version}</maven.compiler.release>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 454b72aa16f4..c946a00ab42e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@
     <opentelemetry.version>1.58.0</opentelemetry.version>
     <os-maven-plugin.version>1.7.1</os-maven-plugin.version>
     <ozone.release>Katmai</ozone.release>
+    <ozone.server.java.version>17</ozone.server.java.version>
     <ozone.shaded.native.prefix>org_apache_ozone_shaded</ozone.shaded.native.prefix>
     <ozone.shaded.prefix>org.apache.ozone.shaded</ozone.shaded.prefix>
     <ozone.version>2.2.0-SNAPSHOT</ozone.version>