diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1b1b1233e..cdb06e55e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ addons:
         organization: "bentobox-world"
 
 jdk:
-    - openjdk11
+    - openjdk8
         
 script:
     #- sonar-scanner
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c9d487ab9..dd58b080a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -321,9 +321,10 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>3.8.1</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <!-- To build with Java 8 use <source>${java.version}</source> 
-                        <target>${java.version}</target> -->
-                    <release>8</release>
+                    <!-- To build with Java 9+ use <release>8</release> here 
+                        instead of source and target tags -->
+                    <source>${java.version}</source>
+                    <target>${java.version}</target>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
@@ -344,8 +345,8 @@
                     <show>private</show>
                     <failOnError>false</failOnError>
                     <additionalJOption>-Xdoclint:none</additionalJOption>
-                    <!-- To compile with Java 8, remove this tag -->
-                    <javadocExecutable>${java.home}/bin/javadoc</javadocExecutable>
+                    <!-- To compile with Java 11, this tag may be required -->
+                    <!-- <javadocExecutable>${java.home}/bin/javadoc</javadocExecutable> -->
                     <source>8</source>
                 </configuration>
                 <executions>