diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1a0ed6bcf0..12d952c71d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ language: java
 sudo: required
 
 jdk:
-- openjdk8
-## BENJAMIN: THIS NEEDS TO CHANGE
+- openjdk21
 # - oraclejdk8
 # `openjdk8` not available
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5637f0ac11..41bfe632d5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -35,9 +35,8 @@
     </developer>
   </developers>
   <properties>
-    <!-- BENJAMIN: THIS NEEDS TO CHANGE -->
-    <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+    <maven.compiler.source>21</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.target>21</maven.compiler.target>
     <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
   </properties>
   <dependencies>