diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 57d8c1cf44cd..e6e48005543c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ jobs:
     if: needs.build-info.outputs.needs-compile == 'true'
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        java: [ 8, 11, 17 ]
+        java: [ 17 ]
         include:
           - os: ubuntu-24.04
           - java: 21
@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@ jobs:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/check.yml
     with:
       checkout-fetch-depth: ${{ matrix.check != 'bats' && 1 || 0 }}
-      java-version: 8 # HDDS-10150
       needs-maven-cache: ${{ !contains('author,bats', matrix.check) }}
       ratis-args: ${{ inputs.ratis_args }}
       script: ${{ matrix.check }}
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index adcc0b76d2f8..8682a1f9a6df 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact
 Requirements to compile the code:
 
 * Unix System
-* JDK 1.8 or higher
-* Maven 3.6 or later
+* JDK 17 or later; client modules can be built with JDK 8
+* Maven 3.6.3 or later
 * Internet connection for first build (to fetch all Maven and Ozone dependencies)
 
 (Standard development tools such as make, gcc, etc. are required.)
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/config/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/config/pom.xml
index dca25492fffa..cdf52e2cb033 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/config/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/config/pom.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
   <name>Apache Ozone HDDS Config</name>
   <description>Apache Ozone Distributed Data Store Config Tools</description>
 
+  <properties>
+    <maven.compiler.release>${ozone.java.version.client}</maven.compiler.release>
+  </properties>
+
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/framework/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/framework/pom.xml
index d594a4f486ad..4e54c1ed766f 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/framework/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/framework/pom.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 
   <properties>
     <classpath.skip>false</classpath.skip>
+    <!-- hdds-server-framework is used by ozone-cli-admin -->
+    <maven.compiler.release>${ozone.java.version.client}</maven.compiler.release>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/hadoop-dependency-client/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/hadoop-dependency-client/pom.xml
index e3801003e692..76395491e18b 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/hadoop-dependency-client/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/hadoop-dependency-client/pom.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
   <name>Apache Ozone HDDS Hadoop Client dependencies</name>
   <description>Apache Ozone Distributed Data Store Hadoop client dependencies</description>
 
+  <properties>
+    <maven.compiler.release>${ozone.java.version.client}</maven.compiler.release>
+  </properties>
+
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
       <dependency>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/interface-admin/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/interface-admin/pom.xml
index 694ef8e328a8..f3a7a4a8bccf 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/interface-admin/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/interface-admin/pom.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
   <description>Apache Ozone Distributed Data Store Admin interface</description>
 
   <properties>
+    <maven.compiler.release>${ozone.java.version.client}</maven.compiler.release>
     <!-- no testable code in this module -->
     <maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip>
     <!-- only generated code in this module -->
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/interface-client/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/interface-client/pom.xml
index ca9a6aa95bcd..8a6493481896 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/interface-client/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/interface-client/pom.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
   <description>Apache Ozone Distributed Data Store Client interface</description>
 
   <properties>
+    <maven.compiler.release>${ozone.java.version.client}</maven.compiler.release>
     <!-- no testable code in this module -->
     <maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip>
     <!-- only generated code in this module -->
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/interface-server/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/interface-server/pom.xml
index b914a3d4ab4c..52546353e362 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/interface-server/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/interface-server/pom.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
   <description>Apache Ozone Distributed Data Store Server interface</description>
 
   <properties>
+    <maven.compiler.release>${ozone.java.version.client}</maven.compiler.release>
     <!-- no testable code in this module -->
     <maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip>
     <!-- only generated code in this module -->
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/test-utils/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/test-utils/pom.xml
index 51800af0963c..ef705ee4993e 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/test-utils/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/test-utils/pom.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
   <name>Apache Ozone HDDS Test Utils</name>
   <description>Apache Ozone Distributed Data Store Test Utils</description>
 
+  <properties>
+    <maven.compiler.release>${ozone.java.version.client}</maven.compiler.release>
+  </properties>
+
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/dev-support/checks/findbugs.sh b/hadoop-ozone/dev-support/checks/findbugs.sh
index 2286815ef332..f924815ee3d3 100755
--- a/hadoop-ozone/dev-support/checks/findbugs.sh
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/dev-support/checks/findbugs.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-#checks:basic
+#checks:skipped
 
 set -u -o pipefail
 
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/freon/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/freon/pom.xml
index a4dca0ab8d66..b81c39199869 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/freon/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/freon/pom.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <classpath.skip>false</classpath.skip>
+    <maven.compiler.release>${ozone.java.version.client}</maven.compiler.release>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/insight/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/insight/pom.xml
index 92bdc1f869a8..7b5d02686db4 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/insight/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/insight/pom.xml
@@ -16,9 +16,8 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.ozone</groupId>
-    <artifactId>hdds-hadoop-dependency-client</artifactId>
+    <artifactId>ozone</artifactId>
     <version>2.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <relativePath>../../hadoop-hdds/hadoop-dependency-client</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>ozone-insight</artifactId>
   <version>2.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/interface-client/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/interface-client/pom.xml
index 60ddefa7cee4..d6a6d0e5198f 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/interface-client/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/interface-client/pom.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
   <description>Apache Ozone Client interface</description>
 
   <properties>
+    <maven.compiler.release>${ozone.java.version.client}</maven.compiler.release>
     <!-- no tests in this module so far -->
     <maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip>
     <!-- only generated code in this module -->
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs-common/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs-common/pom.xml
index aecaa66cd4c0..3dadb521b549 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs-common/pom.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
   <name>Apache Ozone FileSystem Common</name>
   <properties>
     <file.encoding>UTF-8</file.encoding>
+    <maven.compiler.release>${ozone.java.version.client}</maven.compiler.release>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs-hadoop2/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs-hadoop2/pom.xml
index fc8a5c6cd8e6..455777597697 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs-hadoop2/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs-hadoop2/pom.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
   <version>2.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Apache Ozone FS Hadoop 2.x compatibility</name>
+  <properties>
+    <maven.compiler.release>${ozone.java.version.client}</maven.compiler.release>
+  </properties>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs-hadoop3/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs-hadoop3/pom.xml
index 5a751541481d..c04c99456249 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs-hadoop3/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs-hadoop3/pom.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Apache Ozone FS Hadoop 3.x compatibility</name>
   <properties>
+    <maven.compiler.release>${ozone.java.version.client}</maven.compiler.release>
     <!-- no tests in this module so far -->
     <maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip>
   </properties>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs-shaded/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs-shaded/pom.xml
index a3f95f655cfb..d81859e1274c 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs-shaded/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs-shaded/pom.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   <name>Apache Ozone FileSystem Shaded</name>
 
   <properties>
+    <maven.compiler.release>${ozone.java.version.client}</maven.compiler.release>
     <!-- no tests in this module so far -->
     <maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip>
     <mdep.analyze.skip>true</mdep.analyze.skip>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/tools/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/tools/pom.xml
index 95e9779c7893..74adc9762a25 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/tools/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/tools/pom.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <classpath.skip>false</classpath.skip>
+    <maven.compiler.release>${ozone.java.version.client}</maven.compiler.release>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0d3b6eacc43f..44d36fb26ea0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
     <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.5.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
     <maven-surefire-report-plugin.version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</maven-surefire-report-plugin.version>
     <maven.compiler.createMissingPackageInfoClass>false</maven.compiler.createMissingPackageInfoClass>
-    <maven.compiler.release>8</maven.compiler.release>
+    <maven.compiler.release>${ozone.java.version.server}</maven.compiler.release>
     <maven.core.version>3.9.12</maven.core.version>
     <maven.test.redirectTestOutputToFile>true</maven.test.redirectTestOutputToFile>
     <metainf-services.version>1.11</metainf-services.version>
@@ -173,6 +173,8 @@
     <okhttp3.version>4.12.0</okhttp3.version>
     <opentelemetry.version>1.58.0</opentelemetry.version>
     <os-maven-plugin.version>1.7.1</os-maven-plugin.version>
+    <ozone.java.version.client>8</ozone.java.version.client>
+    <ozone.java.version.server>17</ozone.java.version.server>
     <ozone.release>Katmai</ozone.release>
     <ozone.shaded.native.prefix>org_apache_ozone_shaded</ozone.shaded.native.prefix>
     <ozone.shaded.prefix>org.apache.ozone.shaded</ozone.shaded.prefix>