diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f2a37c519d2..38de7ec5733 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -115,8 +115,9 @@
     <properties>
         <java.version>8</java.version>
         <maven.version>3.9.9</maven.version>
-        <maven.compiler.source>${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
+        <!-- Pinning compiler target to Java 8-->
+        <maven.compiler.target>8</maven.compiler.target>
+        <minimalJavaBuildVersion>${java.version}</minimalJavaBuildVersion>
         <scala.version>2.12.19</scala.version>
         <scala.binary.version>2.12</scala.binary.version>
         <scala-collection-compat.version>2.12.0</scala-collection-compat.version>
@@ -1916,10 +1917,6 @@
             </activation>
             <properties>
                 <java.version>11</java.version>
-                <maven.compiler.source></maven.compiler.source>
-                <maven.compiler.target></maven.compiler.target>
-                <maven.compiler.release>${java.version}</maven.compiler.release>
-                <minimalJavaBuildVersion>${java.version}</minimalJavaBuildVersion>
             </properties>
         </profile>
 
@@ -1930,10 +1927,6 @@
             </activation>
             <properties>
                 <java.version>17</java.version>
-                <maven.compiler.source></maven.compiler.source>
-                <maven.compiler.target></maven.compiler.target>
-                <maven.compiler.release>${java.version}</maven.compiler.release>
-                <minimalJavaBuildVersion>${java.version}</minimalJavaBuildVersion>
             </properties>
         </profile>
 
@@ -1944,9 +1937,6 @@
             </activation>
             <properties>
                 <java.version>21</java.version>
-                <maven.compiler.source></maven.compiler.source>
-                <maven.compiler.target></maven.compiler.target>
-                <maven.compiler.release>${java.version}</maven.compiler.release>
                 <!-- TODO: The current version of spotless(2.30.0) and google-java-format(1.7)
                            does not support Java 21, but new version produces different outputs.
                            Re-evaluate once we dropped support for Java 8. -->