diff --git a/spring-reactive-modules/spring-reactive-data-couchbase/pom.xml b/spring-reactive-modules/spring-reactive-data-couchbase/pom.xml
index 84515fedeb..7dbee7d93d 100644
--- a/spring-reactive-modules/spring-reactive-data-couchbase/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-reactive-modules/spring-reactive-data-couchbase/pom.xml
@@ -138,6 +138,10 @@
         <!-- This spring-boot.version is set manually, For upgrading this please refer http://team.baeldung.com/browse/JAVA-2802 -->
         <spring-boot.version>2.2.6.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>
         <log4j2.version>2.17.1</log4j2.version>
+        <!-- This spring-boot.version is not compatible with JDK 17 -->
+        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+        <java.version>11</java.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
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