diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 6468adb9..83afee4d 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
   :jar-exclusions [#"graal" #"datalevin.ni"]
   :jvm-opts ["-XX:+IgnoreUnrecognizedVMOptions"
              "-Dclojure.compiler.direct-linking=true"]
-  :javac-options ["--release" "8"]
+  :javac-options ["-target" "1.8" "-source" "1.8"]
   :uberjar-exclusions [#"pod.huahaiy.datalevin-test"]
   :deploy-repositories [["clojars" {:url           "https://repo.clojars.org"
                                     :username      :env/clojars_username