diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6477650..b4fffd7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
+    <maven.compiler.release>8</maven.compiler.release>
     <junit-jupiter.version>5.5.2</junit-jupiter.version>
     <opencensus.version>0.24.0</opencensus.version>
     <auto.value.version>1.2</auto.value.version>