diff --git a/plugin/pom.xml b/plugin/pom.xml
index 01600a8..dbefc6d 100644
--- a/plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/plugin/pom.xml
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@
                     </compilerArgs>
                     <showDeprecation>true</showDeprecation>
                     <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
+                    <source>${java.version}</source>
+                    <target>${java.version}</target>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin><!-- maven-compiler-plugin -->
             <plugin>