diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2dcf310..134fa8e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,37 +4,46 @@
                              http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
+    <properties>
+        <java.version>17</java.version>
+        <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
+        <spring-boot.version>3.2.5</spring-boot.version> </properties>
+
     <groupId>com.podzilla</groupId>
     <artifactId>mq-utils-lib</artifactId>
     <version>main-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>MQ Utils Library</name>
     <description>MQ Utils Library for Podzilla</description>
-    
-     <distributionManagement>
+
+    <distributionManagement>
         <repository>
             <id>podzilla-github</id>
             <name>GitHub Packages</name>
-            <url>https://maven.pkg.github.com/Podzilla/mq-utils-lib</url> </repository>
+            <url>https://maven.pkg.github.com/Podzilla/mq-utils-lib</url>
+        </repository>
     </distributionManagement>
 
-
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-amqp</artifactId>
-            <version>3.2.5</version>
+            <version>${spring-boot.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-json</artifactId>
-            <version>3.2.5</version>
+            <version>${spring-boot.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
+            <version>${spring-boot.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
@@ -42,7 +51,6 @@
                     <artifactId>junit-vintage-engine</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
-            <version>3.2.5</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
@@ -51,8 +59,17 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${spring-boot.version}</version>
+                </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.11.0</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>${java.version}</source>
+                    <target>${java.version}</target>
+                </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
-
-</project>
+</project>
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