diff --git a/ext/wadl-doclet/pom.xml b/ext/wadl-doclet/pom.xml
index 3851c3f3a5..162a70d8ef 100644
--- a/ext/wadl-doclet/pom.xml
+++ b/ext/wadl-doclet/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
 
-    Copyright (c) 2012, 2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+    Copyright (c) 2012, 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
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@
     
     <properties>
         <java.sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</java.sourceDirectory>
-        <java8_11.build.outputDirectory>${project.basedir}/target</java8_11.build.outputDirectory>
-        <java8_11.sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java8_11</java8_11.sourceDirectory>
+        <java11.build.outputDirectory>${project.basedir}/target</java11.build.outputDirectory>
+        <java11.sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java8_11</java11.sourceDirectory>
         <java12.build.outputDirectory>${project.basedir}/target-java12</java12.build.outputDirectory>
         <java12.sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java12</java12.sourceDirectory>
     </properties>
@@ -44,27 +44,12 @@
 
     <profiles>
         <profile>
-            <id>jdk1.8</id>
+            <id>jdk11</id>
             <activation>
-                <jdk>1.8</jdk>
-            </activation>
-            <dependencies>
-                <dependency>
-                    <groupId>com.sun</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>tools</artifactId>
-                    <version>1.8.0</version>
-                    <scope>system</scope>
-                    <systemPath>${java.home}/../lib/tools.jar</systemPath>
-                </dependency>
-            </dependencies>
-        </profile>
-        <profile>
-            <id>jdk1.8_11</id>
-            <activation>
-                <jdk>[1.8,12)</jdk>
+                <jdk>[11,12)</jdk>
             </activation>
             <build>
-            	<directory>${java8_11.build.outputDirectory}</directory>
+            	<directory>${java11.build.outputDirectory}</directory>
                 <plugins>
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
@@ -78,7 +63,7 @@
                                 <configuration>
                                     <sources>
                                         <source>${java.sourceDirectory}</source>
-                                        <source>${java8_11.sourceDirectory}</source>
+                                        <source>${java11.sourceDirectory}</source>
                                     </sources>
                                 </configuration>
                             </execution>
@@ -124,7 +109,7 @@
                     <!-- ${java12.build.outputDirectory} does not work here -->
                     <exists>target-java12/classes/org/glassfish/jersey/wadl/doclet/ResourceDoclet.class</exists>
                 </file>
-                <jdk>[1.8,12)</jdk>
+                <jdk>[11,12)</jdk>
             </activation>
             <build>
                 <plugins>
@@ -151,7 +136,7 @@
                                     <goal>copy-resources</goal>
                                 </goals>
                                 <configuration>
-                                    <outputDirectory>${java8_11.build.outputDirectory}/classes/META-INF/versions/12</outputDirectory>
+                                    <outputDirectory>${java11.build.outputDirectory}/classes/META-INF/versions/12</outputDirectory>
                                     <resources>
                                         <resource>
                                             <directory>${java12.build.outputDirectory}/classes</directory>
@@ -170,7 +155,7 @@
                                 <phase>package</phase>
                                 <configuration>
                                     <target>
-                                    	<property name="sources-jar" value="${java8_11.build.outputDirectory}/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-sources.jar"/>
+                                    	<property name="sources-jar" value="${java11.build.outputDirectory}/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-sources.jar"/>
                                     	<echo>sources-jar: ${sources-jar}</echo>
                                     	<zip destfile="${sources-jar}" update="true">
                                     		<zipfileset dir="${java12.sourceDirectory}" prefix="META-INF/versions/12"/>
diff --git a/media/multipart/pom.xml b/media/multipart/pom.xml
index 79d4d86c4a..a54c329363 100644
--- a/media/multipart/pom.xml
+++ b/media/multipart/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
 
-    Copyright (c) 2012, 2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+    Copyright (c) 2012, 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
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <inherited>true</inherited>
                         <configuration>
                             <testExcludes>
                                 <testExclude>org/glassfish/jersey/media/multipart/internal/MultiPartHeaderModificationTest.java</testExclude>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1a4e13e2fa..e00f8c7bf4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -313,8 +313,6 @@
                     <version>${compiler.mvn.plugin.version}</version>
                     <inherited>true</inherited>
                     <configuration>
-                        <source>${java.version}</source>
-                        <target>${java.version}</target>
                         <compilerArguments>
                             <!--<Werror />-->
                             <!-- TODO work towards eliminating all warnings in order to be able to enable the -Xlint option -->
@@ -322,9 +320,6 @@
                         </compilerArguments>
                         <showWarnings>false</showWarnings>
                         <fork>false</fork>
-                        <excludes>
-                            <exclude>module-info.java</exclude>
-                        </excludes>
                     </configuration>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
@@ -820,6 +815,38 @@
                         </dependency>
                     </dependencies>
                 </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <inherited>true</inherited>
+                    <configuration>
+                        <source>${java.version}</source>
+                        <target>${java.version}</target>
+                    </configuration>
+                    <executions>
+                        <!-- when module.info
+                                                        <execution>
+                                                            <id>default-compile</id>
+                                                            <configuration>
+                                                                compile everything to ensure module-info contains right entries
+                                                                <release>11</release>
+                                                            </configuration>
+                                                        </execution>
+                        -->
+                        <execution>
+                            <id>base-compile</id>
+                            <goals>
+                                <goal>compile</goal>
+                            </goals>
+                            <!-- recompile everything for target VM except the module-info.java -->
+                            <configuration>
+                                <excludes>
+                                    <exclude>module-info.java</exclude>
+                                </excludes>
+                            </configuration>
+                        </execution>
+                    </executions>
+                </plugin>
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
         <plugins>
@@ -917,81 +944,6 @@
     </build>
 
     <profiles>
-        <profile>
-            <id>jdk8</id>
-            <activation>
-                <jdk>1.8</jdk>
-            </activation>
-            <properties>
-                <checkstyle.version>9.3</checkstyle.version>
-                <istack.mvn.plugin.version>3.0.9</istack.mvn.plugin.version>
-            </properties>
-            <build>
-                <pluginManagement>
-                    <plugins>
-                        <plugin>
-                            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                            <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                            <inherited>true</inherited>
-                            <configuration>
-                                <source>${java.version}</source>
-                                <target>${java.version}</target>
-                                <excludes>
-                                    <exclude>module-info.java</exclude>
-                                </excludes>
-                            </configuration>
-                        </plugin>
-                    </plugins>
-                </pluginManagement>
-            </build>
-        </profile>
-        <profile>
-            <id>jdk11+</id>
-            <!--
-                JDK 9 & 10 is unsupported (as well as <release>9</release>)
-                module-info for java.xml.bind is taken from JDK (lib/ct.sym/9-modules)
-                and it depends on java.activation which clashes with javax.activation
-            -->
-            <activation>
-                <jdk>[11,)</jdk>
-            </activation>
-            <build>
-                <pluginManagement>
-                    <plugins>
-                        <plugin>
-                            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                            <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                            <inherited>true</inherited>
-                            <executions>
-<!-- when module.info
-                                <execution>
-                                    <id>default-compile</id>
-                                    <configuration>
-                                        compile everything to ensure module-info contains right entries
-                                        <release>11</release>
-                                    </configuration>
-                                </execution>
--->
-                                <execution>
-                                    <id>base-compile</id>
-                                    <goals>
-                                        <goal>compile</goal>
-                                    </goals>
-                                    <!-- recompile everything for target VM except the module-info.java -->
-                                    <configuration>
-                                        <excludes>
-                                            <exclude>module-info.java</exclude>
-                                        </excludes>
-                                        <source>1.8</source>
-                                        <target>1.8</target>
-                                    </configuration>
-                                </execution>
-                            </executions>
-                        </plugin>
-                    </plugins>
-                </pluginManagement>
-            </build>
-        </profile>
         <profile>
             <!-- Use it with release-perform goal to skip another test run. -->
             <id>testsSkip</id>