diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b58e235dda4..f23e20d51a0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <maven.min.version>3.0.5</maven.min.version>
     <maven.api.version>3.0.5</maven.api.version>
-    <jdk.min.version>1.6</jdk.min.version>
+    <jdk.min.version>1.7</jdk.min.version>
     <timestamp>${maven.build.timestamp}</timestamp>
     <maven.build.timestamp.format>yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ</maven.build.timestamp.format>
 
@@ -85,11 +85,6 @@
     <skipServerTests>false</skipServerTests>
     <skipWebTests>false</skipWebTests>
 
-    <!-- To configure animal-sniffer to check API compat -->
-    <animal-sniffer.signature.groupId>org.codehaus.mojo.signature</animal-sniffer.signature.groupId>
-    <animal-sniffer.signature.artifactId>java16</animal-sniffer.signature.artifactId>
-    <animal-sniffer.signature.version>1.1</animal-sniffer.signature.version>
-    <version.animal-sniffer.plugin>1.11</version.animal-sniffer.plugin>
     <version.maven-license.plugin>1.9.0</version.maven-license.plugin>
     <skipSanityChecks>false</skipSanityChecks>
 
@@ -112,12 +107,12 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
           <artifactId>animal-sniffer-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>${version.animal-sniffer.plugin}</version>
+          <version>1.13</version>
           <configuration>
             <signature>
-              <groupId>${animal-sniffer.signature.groupId}</groupId>
-              <artifactId>${animal-sniffer.signature.artifactId}</artifactId>
-              <version>${animal-sniffer.signature.version}</version>
+              <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo.signature</groupId>
+              <artifactId>java17</artifactId>
+              <version>1.0</version>
             </signature>
             <skip>${skipSanityChecks}</skip>
           </configuration>
@@ -1256,7 +1251,7 @@
             <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
             <executions>
               <execution>
-                <id>enforce-java6</id>
+                <id>enforce-java7</id>
                 <goals>
                   <goal>enforce</goal>
                 </goals>
@@ -1265,7 +1260,7 @@
                     <requireJavaVersion>
                       <message>To release this project JDK ${jdk.min.version} is required.
                       </message>
-                      <version>[1.6,1.7)</version>
+                      <version>[1.7)</version>
                     </requireJavaVersion>
                   </rules>
                 </configuration>