diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9a78be19d..f9aa74f52 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <properties>
-        <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.source>21</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>21</maven.compiler.target>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <version.debezium>2.7.2.Final</version.debezium>
diff --git a/sink-connector-lightweight/pom.xml b/sink-connector-lightweight/pom.xml
index 411c24da7..94c9dad63 100644
--- a/sink-connector-lightweight/pom.xml
+++ b/sink-connector-lightweight/pom.xml
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
     <version>0.0.4</version>
 
     <properties>
-        <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.source>21</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>21</maven.compiler.target>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <version.debezium>3.0.0.Final</version.debezium>
diff --git a/sink-connector/pom.xml b/sink-connector/pom.xml
index 597bb9865..775abb712 100644
--- a/sink-connector/pom.xml
+++ b/sink-connector/pom.xml
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
 
     <!-- Set our Language Level to Java 11 -->
     <properties>
-        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.source>21</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>21</maven.compiler.target>
         <version.testcontainers>1.19.1</version.testcontainers>
         <apache.httpclient.version>5.2.1</apache.httpclient.version>
         <clickhouse.jdbc.version>0.6.0</clickhouse.jdbc.version>