diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 7a72c8a..762f1bd 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,4 @@ updates:
     directory: "/"
     schedule:
       interval: "daily"
-    ignore:
-      # version 9.3 was the last one working with jdk8
-      - dependency-name: "com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle"
\ No newline at end of file
+    ignore:
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5e0639d..6342659 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <maven.build.timestamp.format>yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm</maven.build.timestamp.format>
 
-        <maven.compiler.source>8</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>8</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
 
         <!-- test dependencies -->
         <junit.version>5.14.1</junit.version>
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
                                     <version>3.6.3</version>
                                 </requireMavenVersion>
                                 <requireJavaVersion>
-                                    <version>1.8.0</version>
+                                    <version>17</version>
                                 </requireJavaVersion>
                             </rules>
                         </configuration>