diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven-build-action.yaml b/.github/workflows/maven-build-action.yaml
index 82ff7a9b2..5a9140421 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven-build-action.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven-build-action.yaml
@@ -13,15 +13,6 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - name: Set up JDK 8
-      uses: actions/setup-java@v3
-      with:
-        java-version: 8
-        distribution: 'temurin'
-
-    - name: Maven with JDK 8
-      run: mvn -Pall -no-transfer-progress  clean install
-
     - name: Set up JDK 11
       uses: actions/setup-java@v3
       with:
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c0b64de29..3231be336 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <maven.version>2.0.9</maven.version>
-    <jdk.version>1.8</jdk.version>
+    <jdk.version>11</jdk.version>
 
     <!-- Dependencies versions -->
     <ant.version>1.10.12</ant.version>