diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 912efca8b3..1a6725a618 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+		<maven.compiler.useIncrementalCompilation>false</maven.compiler.useIncrementalCompilation>
 		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
 		<lombok.version>1.18.4</lombok.version>
 		<checkstyle.version>8.3</checkstyle.version>
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@
 		<zlika.reproducible.build.maven.plugin.version>0.7</zlika.reproducible.build.maven.plugin.version>
 
 		<maven.jar.plugin.version>3.0.2</maven.jar.plugin.version>
-		<maven.compiler.plugin.version>3.6.1</maven.compiler.plugin.version>
+		<maven.compiler.plugin.version>3.8.1</maven.compiler.plugin.version>
 		<maven.checkstyle.plugin.version>2.17</maven.checkstyle.plugin.version>
 		<maven.javadoc.plugin.version>3.0.0-M1</maven.javadoc.plugin.version>
 		<maven.release.plugin.version>2.5.3</maven.release.plugin.version>
@@ -243,10 +244,6 @@
 				<configuration>
 					<source>${java.version}</source>
 					<target>${java.version}</target>
-					<!-- Enable incremental compilation so that unchanged files dont have to be recompiled.
-	 				False seems to actually enable incremental compilation, due to a bug in this mvn plugin:
-	 				See: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MCOMPILER-209 -->
-					<useIncrementalCompilation>false</useIncrementalCompilation>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>