diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 05e5973a38..d72dc1dded 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -700,15 +700,15 @@
             </build>
         </profile>
         <profile>
-            <!-- This profile will disable DocLint which performs strict
-                JavaDoc processing which was introduced in JDK 8. These are technically errors
-                in the JavaDoc which we need to eventually address. However, if a release
-                is performed using JDK 8, the JavaDoc generation would fail. By activating
-                this profile when running on JDK 8 we can ensure the JavaDocs continue to
+            <!-- This profile will disable DocLint which performs strict 
+                JavaDoc processing which was introduced in JDK 8. These are technically errors 
+                in the JavaDoc which we need to eventually address. However, if a release 
+                is performed using JDK 8 or newer, the JavaDoc generation would fail. By activating
+                this profile when running on JDK 8 or newer we can ensure the JavaDocs continue to
                 generate successfully -->
             <id>disable-doclint</id>
             <activation>
-                <jdk>1.8</jdk>
+                <jdk>[1.8,)</jdk>
             </activation>
             <build>
                 <pluginManagement>