diff --git a/base/uk.ac.stfc.isis.ibex.client.tycho.parent/pom.xml b/base/uk.ac.stfc.isis.ibex.client.tycho.parent/pom.xml
index f48fc708ac..9ab9b615b7 100644
--- a/base/uk.ac.stfc.isis.ibex.client.tycho.parent/pom.xml
+++ b/base/uk.ac.stfc.isis.ibex.client.tycho.parent/pom.xml
@@ -7,12 +7,13 @@
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 
 	<properties>
-  <lifecycle-mapping-artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</lifecycle-mapping-artifactId>
+		<lifecycle-mapping-artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</lifecycle-mapping-artifactId>
 		<tycho.version>5.0.2</tycho.version>
 		<tycho-repo.url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/groups/public/</tycho-repo.url>
 		<photon-repo.url>http://download.eclipse.org/releases/2026-03</photon-repo.url>
 		<photon-updates-repo.url>http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/4.39</photon-updates-repo.url>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+		<maven.compiler.release>24</maven.compiler.release>
 	</properties>
 
 	<repositories>
@@ -86,6 +87,10 @@
 				        <arg>-Alog4j.graalvm.groupId=${project.groupId}</arg>
 				        <arg>-Alog4j.graalvm.artifactId=${project.artifactId}</arg>
 				    </compilerArgs>
+                    <deriveReleaseCompilerArgumentFromTargetLevel>false</deriveReleaseCompilerArgumentFromTargetLevel>
+                    <!--source>${maven.compiler.release}</source-->
+				    <!--target>${maven.compiler.release}</target-->
+				    <release>${maven.compiler.release}</release>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>