diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 38fedde..41d62c3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@
    <description>Example Data QBit - rename this for your QBit</description>
 
    <properties>
-      <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
-      <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
+      <maven.compiler.source>21</maven.compiler.source>
+      <maven.compiler.target>21</maven.compiler.target>
       <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-      <qqq.version>0.23.0</qqq.version>
+      <qqq.version>0.35.0</qqq.version>
    </properties>
 
    <dependencies>