diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index 9ba5745d..40a35050 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <maven.compiler.release>20</maven.compiler.release>
+        <maven.compiler.release>21</maven.compiler.release>
     </properties>
 
     <build>