diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index cac57fb..4d2c31c 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ apply plugin: 'com.palantir.external-publish'
 apply plugin: 'com.palantir.baseline'
 apply plugin: 'com.palantir.git-version'
 apply plugin: 'com.palantir.consistent-versions'
+apply plugin: 'com.palantir.baseline-java-versions'
 
 version gitVersion()
 
@@ -33,8 +34,6 @@ allprojects {
         mavenCentral() { metadataSources { mavenPom(); ignoreGradleMetadataRedirection() } }
     }
 
-    sourceCompatibility = '1.8'
-    targetCompatibility = '1.8'
 
     tasks.withType(JavaCompile) {
         options.compilerArgs += ['-Werror']
@@ -42,3 +41,7 @@ allprojects {
 
     tasks.check.dependsOn javadoc, checkUnusedDependencies
 }
+
+javaVersions {
+    libraryTarget = 11
+}