diff --git a/bundles/apidocs/pom.xml b/bundles/apidocs/pom.xml
index f2c7396ea8..c65e6a18b3 100644
--- a/bundles/apidocs/pom.xml
+++ b/bundles/apidocs/pom.xml
@@ -127,10 +127,6 @@
             <artifactId>javax.servlet</artifactId>
             <version>3.1</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>jakarta.persistence</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jakarta.persistence-api</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.containers</groupId>
             <artifactId>jersey-container-simple-http</artifactId>
diff --git a/connectors/apache-connector/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/apache/connector/ApacheConnector.java b/connectors/apache-connector/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/apache/connector/ApacheConnector.java
index becbb53082..11f2091d58 100644
--- a/connectors/apache-connector/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/apache/connector/ApacheConnector.java
+++ b/connectors/apache-connector/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/apache/connector/ApacheConnector.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2010, 2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2010, 2024 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
  * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0, which is available at
diff --git a/connectors/apache5-connector/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/apache5/connector/Apache5Connector.java b/connectors/apache5-connector/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/apache5/connector/Apache5Connector.java
index f4feaf4468..4eecc17c2b 100644
--- a/connectors/apache5-connector/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/apache5/connector/Apache5Connector.java
+++ b/connectors/apache5-connector/src/main/java/org/glassfish/jersey/apache5/connector/Apache5Connector.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2022, 2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2022, 2024 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
  * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0, which is available at
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6d46abf9f0..6045c837e6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -316,6 +316,8 @@
                     <version>${compiler.mvn.plugin.version}</version>
                     <inherited>true</inherited>
                     <configuration>
+                        <source>${java.version}</source>
+                        <target>${java.version}</target>
                         <compilerArguments>
                             <!--<Werror />-->
                             <!-- TODO work towards eliminating all warnings in order to be able to enable the -Xlint option -->