diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 628f3539..fb02e925 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.asynchttpclient</groupId>
       <artifactId>async-http-client</artifactId>
-      <version>2.12.3</version>
+      <version>3.0.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@
             <configuration>
               <rules>
                 <enforceBytecodeVersion>
-                  <maxJdkVersion>1.8</maxJdkVersion>
+                  <maxJdkVersion>11</maxJdkVersion>
                 </enforceBytecodeVersion>
               </rules>
             </configuration>