diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d0eaf89f0..5760c3e67 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -610,6 +610,43 @@
   </properties>
 
   <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>java21</id>
+      <activation>
+        <jdk>[21,)</jdk>
+      </activation>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>3.13.0</version>
+            <configuration>
+              <source>1.8</source>
+              <target>1.8</target>
+            </configuration>
+          </plugin>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>3.8.0</version>
+            <configuration>
+              <source>1.8</source>
+              <failOnError>false</failOnError>
+            </configuration>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>attach-javadocs</id>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>jar</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+
     <profile>
       <id>native-tests</id>
       <build>