diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 85e74a2cf..f2199438d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.build.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.outputEncoding>
-        <java.version>17</java.version>
+        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
         <maven.version>3.9.4</maven.version>
 
         <antlr4.version>4.13.1</antlr4.version>