diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f45957397a..b1baa41927 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.release>21</maven.compiler.release>
+    <oh.java.version>21</oh.java.version>
+    <maven.compiler.release>${oh.java.version}</maven.compiler.release>
 
     <bnd.version>7.1.0</bnd.version>
     <commons.net.version>3.11.1</commons.net.version>