diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c3f8e14..e075fed 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-FROM openjdk:8
+FROM openjdk:16
 COPY /target/prophet-app-utils-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar app.jar
 ENTRYPOINT ["java","-jar","app.jar"]
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1863bcb..6c7bf00 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 	</properties>
  -->
  	<properties>
-        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.source>16</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>16</maven.compiler.target>
     </properties>
 	<repositories>
 		<repository>