diff --git a/buntspecht-backend/pom.xml b/buntspecht-backend/pom.xml
index 1389978..0186569 100644
--- a/buntspecht-backend/pom.xml
+++ b/buntspecht-backend/pom.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<java.version>17</java.version>
+		<maven.compiler.release></maven.compiler.release>
+		<maven.compiler.source>${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
+		<maven.compiler.target>${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
 		<querydsl.version>5.1.0</querydsl.version>
 		<revision>0.1.0</revision>
 	</properties>