diff --git a/runtime/pom.xml b/runtime/pom.xml
index 1d79a63..f162b4d 100644
--- a/runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/runtime/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
       <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
       <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
       <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
-      <maven.compiler.release>8</maven.compiler.release>
     </properties>
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.3</version>
+          <version>3.6.2</version>
           <configuration>
             <compilerArgument>-Xlint:unchecked</compilerArgument>
           </configuration>
@@ -69,6 +68,15 @@
     </build>
 
     <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>jdk9FF</id>
+            <activation>
+                <jdk>(1.8,)</jdk>
+            </activation>
+            <properties>
+                <maven.compiler.release>8</maven.compiler.release>
+            </properties>
+        </profile>
       <profile>
         <id>release</id>
         <build>