diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 52ffffd971..94f6d3921b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
     <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
-    <maven.compiler.testRelease>11</maven.compiler.testRelease>
+    <maven.compiler.testRelease>${maven.compiler.release}</maven.compiler.testRelease>
     <!-- Generate metadata for reflection on method parameters -->
     <maven.compiler.parameters>true</maven.compiler.parameters>
     <!-- Filled in by maven-hpi-plugin from the MANIFEST.MF entry in jenkins.war, but we provide a default value for the benefit of IDEs. -->