diff --git a/.classpath b/.classpath
index fc790a6..6fd6b4f 100644
--- a/.classpath
+++ b/.classpath
@@ -18,16 +18,11 @@
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
 		</attributes>
 	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.8">
-		<attributes>
-			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
-		</attributes>
-	</classpathentry>
 	<classpathentry exported="true" kind="con" path="org.eclipse.m2e.MAVEN2_CLASSPATH_CONTAINER">
 		<attributes>
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
 		</attributes>
 	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry kind="src" path="/Java-Matching-Engine-Core"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/classes"/>
 </classpath>
diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven.yml b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
index 1fb4a17..e855b3f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - name: Set up JDK 11
+    - name: Set up JDK 17
       uses: actions/setup-java@v2
       with:
-        java-version: '11'
+        java-version: '17'
         distribution: 'adopt'
         cache: maven
         server-id: github
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c34d74d..571f108 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 	<name>rest-api</name>
 	<description>Rest API for the Java Matching Engine</description>
 	<properties>
-		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
+		<java.version>17</java.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<repositories>
@@ -72,24 +72,6 @@
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
 			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-				<executions>
-					<execution>
-						<id>copy-dependencies</id>
-						<phase>package</phase>
-						<goals>
-							<goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
-						</goals>
-						<configuration>
-							<outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}</outputDirectory>
-							<overWriteReleases>false</overWriteReleases>
-							<overWriteSnapshots>true</overWriteSnapshots>
-						</configuration>
-					</execution>
-				</executions>
-			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>