diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/maven-publish.yml b/.gitea/workflows/maven-publish.yml
index 11ca661..1d653c9 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/maven-publish.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/maven-publish.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
   docker:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        java-version: ["17"]
+        java-version: ["8"]
         maven-version: ["3.8.5"]
     runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8ff5b82..9e9df7f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
     <!-- Properties -->
     <properties>
         <java.version>8</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>
         <slf4j.version>2.1.0-alpha1</slf4j.version>
     </properties>