diff --git a/client/trino-cli/pom.xml b/client/trino-cli/pom.xml
index dcf921a93e827..381aa7c762e0b 100644
--- a/client/trino-cli/pom.xml
+++ b/client/trino-cli/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <description>Trino - CLI</description>
 
     <properties>
-        <project.build.targetJdk>8</project.build.targetJdk>
+        <project.build.targetJdk>11</project.build.targetJdk>
         <main-class>io.trino.cli.Trino</main-class>
         <dep.jline.version>3.27.1</dep.jline.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/client/trino-client/pom.xml b/client/trino-client/pom.xml
index 9d0c58312ef98..30e681f9946d4 100644
--- a/client/trino-client/pom.xml
+++ b/client/trino-client/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <description>Trino - Client</description>
 
     <properties>
-        <project.build.targetJdk>8</project.build.targetJdk>
+        <project.build.targetJdk>11</project.build.targetJdk>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/client/trino-jdbc/pom.xml b/client/trino-jdbc/pom.xml
index 4990bf795b8e1..18d55191302e4 100644
--- a/client/trino-jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/client/trino-jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <description>Trino - JDBC driver</description>
 
     <properties>
-        <project.build.targetJdk>8</project.build.targetJdk>
+        <project.build.targetJdk>11</project.build.targetJdk>
         <shadeBase>io.trino.jdbc.\$internal</shadeBase>
     </properties>
 
@@ -82,8 +82,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>jakarta.annotation</groupId>
             <artifactId>jakarta.annotation-api</artifactId>
-            <!-- JDK8 support dropped by version 3.0.0+ -->
-            <version>2.1.1</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>