diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 05457d52c1..9dd5f2c0a8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@
     <apache.commons.compress>1.20</apache.commons.compress>
     <apache.commons.io>2.8.0</apache.commons.io>
     <common.codec.version>1.15</common.codec.version>
-    <spring.boot.version>2.3.5.RELEASE</spring.boot.version>
-    <spring.version>5.2.9.RELEASE</spring.version>
+    <spring.boot.version>2.4.4</spring.boot.version>
+    <spring.version>5.3.5</spring.version>
     <prometheus.client.version>0.10.0</prometheus.client.version>
 
     <e2e.skip>true</e2e.skip>
diff --git a/proto/pom.xml b/proto/pom.xml
index 9e12488747..a848a11d90 100644
--- a/proto/pom.xml
+++ b/proto/pom.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,14 @@
 				<artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
 				<extensions>true</extensions>
 			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>8</source>
+                    <target>8</target>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 </project>