diff --git a/horreum-api/pom.xml b/horreum-api/pom.xml
index c53911f4c..256b32fc6 100644
--- a/horreum-api/pom.xml
+++ b/horreum-api/pom.xml
@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@
     <artifactId>horreum-api</artifactId>
 
     <properties>
-        <maven.compiler.source>8</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>8</maven.compiler.target>
+        <!-- Due to Jenkins plugin we will keep api and client on Java 11 -->
+        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/horreum-client/pom.xml b/horreum-client/pom.xml
index 2bccc6f89..456ca2120 100644
--- a/horreum-client/pom.xml
+++ b/horreum-client/pom.xml
@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <!-- Due to Jenkins plugin we will keep model, api and client on Java 8 -->
-        <maven.compiler.target>8</maven.compiler.target>
-        <maven.compiler.source>8</maven.compiler.source>
+        <!-- Due to Jenkins plugin we will keep api and client on Java 11 -->
+        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
         <use.java11plus>true</use.java11plus>
     </properties>