diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 709a44d40..5b80b7674 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@
     <properties>
 
         <!-- Generic properties -->
-        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
-        <maven.compiler.release>8</maven.compiler.release>
+        <java.version>11</java.version>
+        <maven.compiler.release>${java.version}</maven.compiler.release>
+        <maven.compiler.target>${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.glassfish.jaxb</groupId>
             <artifactId>jaxb-runtime</artifactId>
-            <version>2.3.2</version>
+            <version>2.3.3</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- Apache CXF from Java 11 on - see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55476331/tomcat8-5-and-openjdk11-noclassdeffounderror-could-not-initialize-class-org-apa -->
         <dependency>