diff --git a/examples/java/gradle/pom.xml b/examples/java/gradle/pom.xml
index 3823de9..7ad7184 100644
--- a/examples/java/gradle/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/java/gradle/pom.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"
+<project
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"
     xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
     xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
@@ -27,10 +28,9 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.8.1</version>
+                <version>3.14.0</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
+                    <release>17</release>
                     <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
                     <generatedSourcesDirectory>src/generated/java</generatedSourcesDirectory>
                     <annotationProcessorPaths>
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.0</version>
+                <version>3.5.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>run</id>
@@ -61,4 +61,4 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
-</project>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file