diff --git a/.ci.cambpm b/.ci.cambpm
index e6dbfab05..0a24fc23d 100644
--- a/.ci.cambpm
+++ b/.ci.cambpm
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 @Library("camunda-ci") _
-buildMavenAndDeployToMavenCentral([jdk:8, extraJdks: ['jdk-11-latest'], mvn:3.5, licenseCheck:true, publishZipArtifactToCamundaOrg:true])
+buildMavenAndDeployToMavenCentral([jdk:11, mvn:3.5, licenseCheck:true, publishZipArtifactToCamundaOrg:true])
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-maven.yml b/.github/workflows/build-maven.yml
index 2377921ee..abc9ab788 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-maven.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-maven.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        java: [ '8', '11' ]
+        java: [ '11', '17' ]
 
     name: Java ${{ matrix.Java }}
     steps:
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 14a5b6354..40118f9a3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.camunda</groupId>
     <artifactId>camunda-bpm-release-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.7</version>
+    <version>2.3.0</version>
     <relativePath />
   </parent>
 
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
   <name>FEEL Scala Engine</name>
 
   <properties>
-    <version.java>1.8</version.java>
     <scala.version>2.13.12</scala.version>
     <scala.binary.version>2.13.6</scala.binary.version>
     <version.log4j>2.20.0</version.log4j>