diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 53dcb4d9b7..48bf3d311f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -60,8 +60,9 @@
     </modules>
 
     <properties>
-        <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
+        <maven.compiler.source>${maven.compiler.release</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>${maven.compiler.release}</maven.compiler.target>
 
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
@@ -106,10 +107,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>3.11.0</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>${maven.compiler.source}</source>
-                    <target>${maven.compiler.target}</target>
-                </configuration>
             </plugin>
 
             <plugin>
@@ -146,10 +143,9 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1.1</version>
+                <version>3.2.1</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <configLocation>checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
-                    <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
                     <consoleOutput>true</consoleOutput>
                     <failsOnError>true</failsOnError>
                     <linkXRef>false</linkXRef>