diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fbda793095..c3f55a2580 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -104,6 +104,28 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>animal-sniffer-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.20</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <signature>
+            <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo.signature</groupId>
+            <artifactId>java18</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </signature>
+          <skip>false</skip>
+        </configuration>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>enforce-java-8-compatibility</id>
+            <phase>process-classes</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>check</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>