diff --git a/.classpath b/.classpath
index 06b8208..265aa13 100644
--- a/.classpath
+++ b/.classpath
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 			<attribute name="test" value="true"/>
 		</attributes>
 	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.7">
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-11">
 		<attributes>
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
 		</attributes>
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs b/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
index b11489f..99a63d5 100644
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 eclipse.preferences.version=1
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.7
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.7
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=11
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=11
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.enablePreviewFeatures=disabled
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.forbiddenReference=warning
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.reportPreviewFeatures=ignore
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.processAnnotations=disabled
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.release=disabled
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.7
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.release=enabled
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=11
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1dba529..8b35c61 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" 
   xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>de.hsrm.compiler</groupId>
   <artifactId>klang</artifactId>
@@ -7,11 +8,13 @@
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>klang</name>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
+
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <antlr4.visitor>true</antlr4.visitor>
     <antlr4.listener>false</antlr4.listener>
   </properties>
+
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.antlr</groupId>
@@ -19,16 +22,16 @@
       <version>4.5</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
+
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <!-- This plugin sets up maven to use Java 7 -->
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.1</version>
+        <version>3.8.0</version>
         <configuration>
-          <source>1.7</source>
-          <target>1.7</target>
+          <release>11</release>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <!-- Plugin to compile the g4 files ahead of the java files