diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bf67555..03db396 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -33,8 +33,9 @@
 		<developerConnection>scm:git:https://code-repo.d4science.org/gCubeSystem/${project.artifactId}.git</developerConnection>
 		<url>https://code-repo.d4science.org/gCubeSystem/${project.artifactId}</url>
 	</scm>
+
 	<properties>
-		<java.version>11</java.version>
+		<java.version>8</java.version>
 		<maven.compiler.source>${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
 		<maven.compiler.target>${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
 	</properties>