diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 779bcd15f..42a9b9711 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
         <revision>5.1.0</revision>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-        <java.version>21</java.version>
+        <java.version>17</java.version>
         <maven.compiler.source>${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
         <resource.delimiter>@</resource.delimiter>