diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 622347e..63d1984 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
+		<java.version>18</java.version>
 		<orcid-api-client.version>3.0</orcid-api-client.version>
 		<logback-version>1.2.0</logback-version>
 		<junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>