diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 00e3e70..b3b7c49 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <project.build.source>11</project.build.source>
-        <project.build.target>11</project.build.target>
+        <project.build.source>17</project.build.source>
+        <project.build.target>17</project.build.target>
 
         <exist.java-api.version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</exist.java-api.version>            <!-- The eXist-db XQuery Java Module API version -->
         <exist.processor.version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</exist.processor.version>          <!-- The version of eXist-db needed by this EXPath Module -->