diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven.yml b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
index c8aeb3a..7e41c2f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
@@ -15,10 +15,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - name: Set up JDK 1.8
-      uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Set up Java 8 JDK
+      uses: actions/setup-java@v4
       with:
-        java-version: 1.8
+        distribution: 'zulu'
+        java-version: 8
     - name: Build with Maven
       run: mvn -B package --file pom.xml
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1ed9973..0000000
--- a/build.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-<project name="vicino" default="build" basedir=".">
-
-    <property environment="env"/>
-
-    <property name="version" value="1.1"/>
-    
-    <property name="src.dir" value="${basedir}/src" />
-    <property name="lib.dir" value="${basedir}/lib" />
-    <property name="build.dir" value="${basedir}/build" />
-    <property name="classes.dir" value="${build.dir}/classes" />
-    
-    <path id="class.path">
-        <fileset dir="${lib.dir}">
-            <include name="**/*.jar" />
-        </fileset>
-    </path>
-
-    <target name="build">
-        <mkdir dir="${classes.dir}" />
-        <javac srcdir="${src.dir}" destdir="${classes.dir}" debug="true" includeAntRuntime="no">
-            <classpath refid="class.path" />
-        </javac>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="jar" depends="build">
-        <jar destfile="${build.dir}/vicino-${version}.jar" basedir="${classes.dir}"/>
-        <jar destfile="${build.dir}/vicino-${version}-sources.jar" basedir="${src.dir}"/>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="clean">
-        <delete dir="${build.dir}" />
-    </target>
-
-</project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 643aa79..57d7385 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -56,6 +56,15 @@
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.12.1</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <source>1.8</source>
+          <target>1.8</target>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>