diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 175765e..71a1fbb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: 'temurin'
-          java-version: '17'
+          java-version: '21'
           cache: 'maven'
           server-id: central
           server-username: OSSRH_USERNAME
diff --git a/.github/workflows/verify.yml b/.github/workflows/verify.yml
index ff38f35..820c9fe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/verify.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/verify.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: 'temurin'
-          java-version: '17'
+          java-version: '21'
           cache: 'maven'
           server-id: central
           server-username: OSSRH_USERNAME
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f0a65b0..b128607 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>io.github.finoid</groupId>
-        <version>0.12.0</version>
+        <version>0.13.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>io.github.finoid</groupId>
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@
     </description>
 
     <properties>
-        <java.version>17</java.version>
-        <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
-        <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
+        <java.version>21</java.version>
+        <maven.compiler.target>21</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.source>21</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.release>21</maven.compiler.release>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
         <central-publishing-maven-plugin.version>0.7.0</central-publishing-maven-plugin.version>