diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index af49e70..ac19ce5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
     <required.maven.version>[${minimum.maven.version},)</required.maven.version>
 
     <!-- Apache OpenNLP binding -->
-    <opennlp.version>2.4.0</opennlp.version>
+    <opennlp.version>2.5.0</opennlp.version>
 
     <!-- Apache commons stuff -->
     <commons.lang3.version>3.17.0</commons.lang3.version>
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
           <version>${maven.compiler.plugin}</version>
           <configuration>
             <source>${java.source}</source>
-            <target>${java.target}</target>
+            <release>${java.target}</release>
           </configuration>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>