diff --git a/.idea/compiler.xml b/.idea/compiler.xml
index 5b530e0..6963f32 100644
--- a/.idea/compiler.xml
+++ b/.idea/compiler.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
       </profile>
     </annotationProcessing>
     <bytecodeTargetLevel>
-      <module name="klang" target="11" />
+      <module name="klang" target="17" />
     </bytecodeTargetLevel>
   </component>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/klang.iml b/klang.iml
index d75274d..1a80057 100644
--- a/klang.iml
+++ b/klang.iml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <module org.jetbrains.idea.maven.project.MavenProjectsManager.isMavenModule="true" type="JAVA_MODULE" version="4">
-  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" LANGUAGE_LEVEL="JDK_11">
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" LANGUAGE_LEVEL="JDK_17">
     <output url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/target/classes" />
     <output-test url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/target/test-classes" />
     <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 956661e..c3b6b7c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>3.8.0</version>
         <configuration>
-          <release>11</release>
+          <release>17</release>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <!-- Plugin to compile the g4 files ahead of the java files