diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 2868a6c2b..129829baa 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Version 5.0.0 (Not yet released)
 
+* Build Ecchronos with Java 11 - Issue 616
 * Bump logback from 1.2.10 to 1.2.13 (CVE-2023-6378) - Issue #622
 * Progress for on demand repair jobs is either 0% or 100% - Issue #593
 * Make priority granularity configurable - Issue #599
diff --git a/connection/pom.xml b/connection/pom.xml
index 2615a33fb..b9c47fde0 100644
--- a/connection/pom.xml
+++ b/connection/pom.xml
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
+                    <source>11</source>
+                    <target>11</target>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/ecchronos-binary/pom.xml b/ecchronos-binary/pom.xml
index 1ac2c3cc0..8ec36d676 100644
--- a/ecchronos-binary/pom.xml
+++ b/ecchronos-binary/pom.xml
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
                             </descriptors>
                             <skipAssembly>false</skipAssembly>
                             <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
+                            <tarLongFileMode>posix</tarLongFileMode>
                         </configuration>
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 82a76c947..a6c358f99 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
         <org.apache.maven.plugins.maven-install-plugin.version>2.5.2</org.apache.maven.plugins.maven-install-plugin.version>
         <org.apache.maven.plugins.maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.1</org.apache.maven.plugins.maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <org.apache.maven.plugins.maven-failsafe-plugin.version>2.22.1</org.apache.maven.plugins.maven-failsafe-plugin.version>
-        <org.apache.maven.plugins.maven-assembly-plugin.version>3.1.0</org.apache.maven.plugins.maven-assembly-plugin.version>
+        <org.apache.maven.plugins.maven-assembly-plugin.version>3.6.0</org.apache.maven.plugins.maven-assembly-plugin.version>
         <org.apache.maven.plugins-maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>3.2.0</org.apache.maven.plugins-maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
         <org.apache.maven.plugins-maven-pmd-plugin.version>3.14.0</org.apache.maven.plugins-maven-pmd-plugin.version>
         <org.apache.maven.plugin.maven-jxr-plugin.version>3.0.0</org.apache.maven.plugin.maven-jxr-plugin.version>