diff --git a/module-core/pom.xml b/module-core/pom.xml
index d6e07eb..b80d54e 100644
--- a/module-core/pom.xml
+++ b/module-core/pom.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@
     <description>Spring Boot based RESTful web service for vocabulary management</description>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <properties>
+        <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
+
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+
         <poi.version>5.2.5</poi.version>
     </properties>
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/module-exchange/pom.xml b/module-exchange/pom.xml
index cf89234..a6cc100 100644
--- a/module-exchange/pom.xml
+++ b/module-exchange/pom.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@
     <name>Vocabulary Exchange</name>
     <description>Vocabulary data exchange classes</description>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
+    <properties>
+        <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
+
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
     <!-- RELEASE REPOSITORIES -->
     <distributionManagement>
         <repository>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cbd9f5e..6e709b0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@
     <name>Vocabulary-Server</name>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <description>RESTful webservice for vocabulary management</description>
-    <properties>
-        <java.version>11</java.version>
-    </properties>
     <modules>
         <module>module-core</module>
         <module>module-exchange</module>