diff --git a/api/src/test/java/compilation/IsNotCompatibleWithJava8.java b/api/src/test/java/compilation/IsNotCompatibleWithJava8.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1321c6c275
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/test/java/compilation/IsNotCompatibleWithJava8.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package compilation;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class IsNotCompatibleWithJava8 {
+/*
+ * This code segment is compatible with Java 11 and not compatible with java 8. It will abort the compilation if the Java context is version 8
+ */
+    @Test
+    public void test() {
+        String value = "This code is compiled in Java 11";
+        System.out.println(value.isBlank());
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/installer/pom.xml b/installer/pom.xml
index 159b64fab6..790f71479f 100644
--- a/installer/pom.xml
+++ b/installer/pom.xml
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
                     <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
@@ -76,7 +74,7 @@
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>1.4.1</version>
+                    <version>3.2.1</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
diff --git a/installer/webapp/pom.xml b/installer/webapp/pom.xml
index 3b6adb57ae..d1fcbb902a 100644
--- a/installer/webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/installer/webapp/pom.xml
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
                                     <goal>unpack</goal>
                                 </goals>
                                 <configuration>
-                                    <artifactItems>
+                                     <artifactItems>
                                         <artifactItem>
                                             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
                                             <artifactId>${project.artifactId}</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 88f178f935..524a3d80cf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
         <maven-site-plugin.skip>false</maven-site-plugin.skip>
         <stagingBase>/</stagingBase>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
     </properties>
 
     <modules>
@@ -255,8 +256,6 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
                     <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
                     <compilerArgs>
                         <arg>-XDcompilePolicy=simple</arg>