diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index aaeedd2..ef09598 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 		<tomcat.version>8.0.42</tomcat.version>
 		<jersey.version>2.25.1</jersey.version>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-		<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+		<maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
+		<maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
 	</properties>
 	<scm>
 		<connection>scm:git:https://code-repo.d4science.org/gCubeSystem/common-smartgears.git</connection>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/smartgears/configuration/ComponentConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/smartgears/configuration/ComponentConfiguration.java
index 6c5f9da..1ffd78c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/smartgears/configuration/ComponentConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/smartgears/configuration/ComponentConfiguration.java
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ import org.gcube.com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonTypeInfo.Id;
 @JsonTypeInfo(include=As.PROPERTY, use=Id.CLASS, property= "className")
 public interface ComponentConfiguration {
 
+	String getLocation();
 }