diff --git a/examples/consumer-driven-contracts/pom.xml b/examples/consumer-driven-contracts/pom.xml
index ed428717f..e4598bdb4 100755
--- a/examples/consumer-driven-contracts/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/consumer-driven-contracts/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
+        <java.version>11</java.version>
         <maven.compiler.version>3.8.1</maven.compiler.version>
         <maven.surefire.version>2.22.2</maven.surefire.version>
         <spring.boot.version>2.3.4.RELEASE</spring.boot.version>
diff --git a/examples/gatling/pom.xml b/examples/gatling/pom.xml
index 1c7354fa7..f9187287c 100755
--- a/examples/gatling/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/gatling/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
+        <java.version>11</java.version>
         <maven.compiler.version>3.6.0</maven.compiler.version>
 	<!-- please change this when running locally -->
         <karate.version>${project.version}</karate.version>
diff --git a/examples/image-comparison/pom.xml b/examples/image-comparison/pom.xml
index 6c4624f20..02c6b0f42 100644
--- a/examples/image-comparison/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/image-comparison/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
+        <java.version>11</java.version>
         <maven.compiler.version>3.8.1</maven.compiler.version>
         <karate.version>1.4.0</karate.version>
     </properties>    
diff --git a/examples/jobserver/pom.xml b/examples/jobserver/pom.xml
index 3ede4a938..33c2144b9 100644
--- a/examples/jobserver/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/jobserver/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
+        <java.version>11</java.version>
         <maven.compiler.version>3.8.1</maven.compiler.version>
         <karate.version>1.4.0</karate.version>
     </properties>    
diff --git a/examples/mobile-test/pom.xml b/examples/mobile-test/pom.xml
index eb0ba55bc..165ab4080 100644
--- a/examples/mobile-test/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/mobile-test/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
+        <java.version>11</java.version>
         <maven.compiler.version>3.8.1</maven.compiler.version>
         <maven.surefire.version>2.22.2</maven.surefire.version>
         <karate.version>1.4.0</karate.version>
diff --git a/examples/profiling-test/pom.xml b/examples/profiling-test/pom.xml
index 585364e04..2f7b972e1 100755
--- a/examples/profiling-test/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/profiling-test/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
+        <java.version>11</java.version>
         <maven.compiler.version>3.6.0</maven.compiler.version>
         <karate.version>1.4.0</karate.version>
         <gatling.plugin.version>4.1.1</gatling.plugin.version>
diff --git a/examples/robot-test/pom.xml b/examples/robot-test/pom.xml
index e03296ec4..e508f0453 100644
--- a/examples/robot-test/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/robot-test/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
+        <java.version>11</java.version>
         <maven.compiler.version>3.8.1</maven.compiler.version>
         <maven.surefire.version>2.22.2</maven.surefire.version>
         <karate.version>1.4.0</karate.version>
diff --git a/examples/ui-test/pom.xml b/examples/ui-test/pom.xml
index 9f14ce59b..5667aeeeb 100644
--- a/examples/ui-test/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/ui-test/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
+        <java.version>11</java.version>
         <maven.compiler.version>3.6.0</maven.compiler.version>
         <karate.version>1.4.0</karate.version>
     </properties>    
diff --git a/karate-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/karate-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 8da76cde3..081c5ddf9 100755
--- a/karate-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/karate-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
+        <java.version>11</java.version>
         <maven.compiler.version>3.8.1</maven.compiler.version>
         <maven.surefire.version>2.22.2</maven.surefire.version>        
         <karate.version>1.4.0</karate.version>