diff --git a/plugin/pom.xml b/plugin/pom.xml
index 0f365e82..4e33734b 100644
--- a/plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/plugin/pom.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@
 
     <artifactId>plugin</artifactId>
 
+    <properties>
+        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
+
     <build>
         <defaultGoal>exec:java clean install</defaultGoal>
         <finalName>LibsDisguises</finalName>
diff --git a/shared/pom.xml b/shared/pom.xml
index 6e45770f..4d421ea2 100644
--- a/shared/pom.xml
+++ b/shared/pom.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@
 
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>shared</artifactId>
+    <properties>
+        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/v1_17_R1/pom.xml b/v1_17_R1/pom.xml
index daeab4ec..36bdbbd3 100644
--- a/v1_17_R1/pom.xml
+++ b/v1_17_R1/pom.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@
 
     <artifactId>v1_17_R1</artifactId>
 
+    <properties>
+        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
+
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.spigotmc</groupId>
diff --git a/v1_18_R1/pom.xml b/v1_18_R1/pom.xml
index e9adefac..97975be6 100644
--- a/v1_18_R1/pom.xml
+++ b/v1_18_R1/pom.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>v1_18_R1</artifactId>
 
+    <properties>
+        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
+
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.spigotmc</groupId>