diff --git a/streams/quickstart/java/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/streams/quickstart/java/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 963af59622c..133d0ee951e 100644
--- a/streams/quickstart/java/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/streams/quickstart/java/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <kafka.version>4.1.0-SNAPSHOT</kafka.version>
-        <slf4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j.version>
+        <slf4j.version>2.0.16</slf4j.version>
     </properties>
 
     <repositories>
@@ -47,41 +47,20 @@
         </repository>
     </repositories>
 
-    <!--
-		Execute "mvn clean package -Pbuild-jar"
-		to build a jar file out of this project!
-	-->
-
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1</version>
+                <version>3.13.0</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
+                    <release>11</release>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
 
         <pluginManagement>
             <plugins>
-                <plugin>
-                    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <configuration>
-                        <source>1.8</source>
-                        <target>1.8</target>
-                        <compilerId>jdt</compilerId>
-                    </configuration>
-                    <dependencies>
-                        <dependency>
-                            <groupId>org.eclipse.tycho</groupId>
-                            <artifactId>tycho-compiler-jdt</artifactId>
-                            <version>0.21.0</version>
-                        </dependency>
-                    </dependencies>
-                </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
                     <artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>