diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e653b128f4..fb60e9a4b7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
 
     <site-repo-url>scpexe://people.apache.org/www/activemq.apache.org/maven/</site-repo-url>
     <source-version>1.8</source-version>
-    <target-version>1.8</target-version>
+    <target-version>11</target-version>
     <javase-javadoc-url>http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/</javase-javadoc-url>
     <javaee-javadoc-url>http://download.oracle.com/javaee/6/api/</javaee-javadoc-url>
     <slf4j-javadoc-url>http://www.slf4j.org/apidocs/</slf4j-javadoc-url>