diff --git a/openvidu-java-client/pom.xml b/openvidu-java-client/pom.xml
index d7a40b715..b0e965225 100644
--- a/openvidu-java-client/pom.xml
+++ b/openvidu-java-client/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		<maven.compiler.release>21</maven.compiler.release>
+		<maven.compiler.release>${java.version}</maven.compiler.release>
 	</properties>
 
 	<distributionManagement>
diff --git a/openvidu-test-browsers/pom.xml b/openvidu-test-browsers/pom.xml
index 171d5ecc6..ccd291e34 100644
--- a/openvidu-test-browsers/pom.xml
+++ b/openvidu-test-browsers/pom.xml
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@
 	</developers>
 
 	<properties>
-		<!-- Java 21 -->
-		<java.version>21</java.version>
+		<!-- Java 17 bytecode target -->
+		<java.version>17</java.version>
 		<maven.compiler.source>${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
 		<maven.compiler.target>${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
 		<!-- Encoding -->
diff --git a/openvidu-test-e2e/pom.xml b/openvidu-test-e2e/pom.xml
index 397a24005..e20e26c61 100644
--- a/openvidu-test-e2e/pom.xml
+++ b/openvidu-test-e2e/pom.xml
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@
 	</developers>
 
 	<properties>
-		<!-- Java 21 -->
-		<java.version>21</java.version>
+		<!-- Java 17 bytecode target -->
+		<java.version>17</java.version>
 		<maven.compiler.source>${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
 		<maven.compiler.target>${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
 		<!-- Encoding -->
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index eeda1c14a..40defe149 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -91,7 +91,9 @@
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
-		<java.version>21</java.version>
+		<!-- Require JDK 25 for building, but emit bytecode compatible with Java 17 -->
+		<java.build.version>25</java.build.version>
+		<java.version>17</java.version>
 
 		<!-- maven-compiler-plugin -->
 		<maven.compiler.release>${java.version}</maven.compiler.release>
@@ -145,9 +147,9 @@
 						<configuration>
 							<rules>
 								<requireJavaVersion>
-									<message>To build this project JDK ${java.version} (or greater)
+									<message>To build this project JDK ${java.build.version} (or greater)
 										is required. Please install it.</message>
-									<version>${java.version}</version>
+									<version>${java.build.version}</version>
 								</requireJavaVersion>
 							</rules>
 						</configuration>