diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8b155ad..983bb58 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     <description>A simple open-source licensing server for your products.</description>
 
     <properties>
-        <java.version>20</java.version>
+        <java.version>17</java.version>
         <maven.compiler.source>${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>