diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 00cecae4b603bb2ef7a769e8effa5db5010b47d5..944115d5d6243e40137ede5db594d024be58a53a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
     <groupId>de.hdm_stuttgart.battlearena</groupId>
     <artifactId>BattleArena</artifactId>
-    <version>v0.0.1</version>
+    <version>v0.6.1</version>
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>3.11.0</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <!-- Add the module version -->
+                    <release>17</release> <!-- or any valid Java version -->
+                </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>