diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a788590..d17c9d3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>net.osslabz</groupId>
     <artifactId>coingecko-java</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0.0</version>
 
     <name>${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}</name>
     <description>Allows to decode raw input data from an EVM smart contract call (on Ethereum or a compatible chain like
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     <url>https://github.com/osslabz/coingecko-client</url>
 
     <properties>
-        <maven.compiler.release>1.8</maven.compiler.release>
+        <maven.compiler.release>8</maven.compiler.release>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
         <retrofit.version>2.9.0</retrofit.version>
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
         <url>https://github.com/osslabz/coingecko-client</url>
         <tag>HEAD</tag>
     </scm>
-    
+
     <dependencies>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -132,6 +132,19 @@
         </profile>
     </profiles>
 
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.11.0</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <release>${maven.compiler.release}</release>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
     <distributionManagement>
         <snapshotRepository>
             <id>ossrh</id>