diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a52b878775..b64a19a1cb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -484,8 +484,10 @@
       <maven.javadoc.skip>true</maven.javadoc.skip>
       <maven.war.plugin.version>3.2.2</maven.war.plugin.version>
       <maven.alfresco.includeDependencies>false</maven.alfresco.includeDependencies>
-      <maven.build.sourceVersion>1.8</maven.build.sourceVersion>
-      <maven.build.testSourceVersion>1.8</maven.build.testSourceVersion>
+      <java.version>11</java.version>
+      <maven.compiler.source>${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
+      <maven.compiler.target>${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
+      <testJavaVersion>${java.version}</testJavaVersion>
       <maven.buildhelper.version>1.9.1</maven.buildhelper.version>
       <maven.compiler.version>3.8.0</maven.compiler.version>
       <maven.enforcer.plugin>3.0.0-M2</maven.enforcer.plugin>
@@ -603,13 +605,17 @@
                   <configuration>
                      <rules>
                         <requireJavaVersion>
-                           <version>[1.8.0,)</version>
+                           <version>[${java.version},)</version>
                         </requireJavaVersion>
                      </rules>
                   </configuration>
                </execution>
             </executions>
          </plugin>
+         <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+         </plugin>
          <plugin>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
             <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -838,8 +844,8 @@
                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>${maven.compiler.version}</version>
                <configuration>
-                  <source>${maven.build.sourceVersion}</source>
-                  <target>${maven.build.sourceVersion}</target>
+                  <source>${maven.compiler.source}</source>
+                  <target>${maven.compiler.target}</target>
                </configuration>
                <executions>
                   <execution>
@@ -849,8 +855,8 @@
                         <goal>testCompile</goal>
                      </goals>
                      <configuration>
-                        <source>${maven.build.testSourceVersion}</source>
-                        <target>${maven.build.testSourceVersion}</target>
+                        <source>${testJavaVersion}</source>
+                        <target>${testJavaVersion}</target>
                      </configuration>
                   </execution>
                </executions>
@@ -945,7 +951,7 @@
                <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
                <configuration>
                   <doclint>none</doclint>
-                  <source>8</source>
+                  <source>${java.version}</source>
                </configuration>
             </plugin>
 
diff --git a/rm-automation/pom.xml b/rm-automation/pom.xml
index 35107c17f2..ff77247a54 100644
--- a/rm-automation/pom.xml
+++ b/rm-automation/pom.xml
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
    </modules>
 
    <properties>
-      <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-      <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
       <suiteXmlFile>testng.xml</suiteXmlFile>
       <skip.automationtests>true</skip.automationtests>
    </properties>
diff --git a/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/pom.xml b/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/pom.xml
index a8341706ab..7d69380667 100644
--- a/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/pom.xml
+++ b/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
    </parent>
 
    <properties>
-      <maven.build.sourceVersion>1.8</maven.build.sourceVersion>
       <maven.javadoc.skip>false</maven.javadoc.skip>
       <ags.share>alfresco-governance-services-community-share</ags.share>
       <ags.repo>alfresco-governance-services-community-repo</ags.repo>
diff --git a/rm-community/rm-community-rest-api-explorer/pom.xml b/rm-community/rm-community-rest-api-explorer/pom.xml
index d49cdd9616..6215245606 100644
--- a/rm-community/rm-community-rest-api-explorer/pom.xml
+++ b/rm-community/rm-community-rest-api-explorer/pom.xml
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
    </parent>
 
    <properties>
-      <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-      <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
       <maven.javadoc.skip>false</maven.javadoc.skip>
       <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
       <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>