diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-academy/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-academy/pom.xml
index f345b95085..ebf0e4fffe 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-academy/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-academy/pom.xml
@@ -84,8 +84,7 @@
                     <maxmem>1024m</maxmem>
                     <meminitial>256m</meminitial>
                     <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
+                    <release>10</release>
                     <debug>true</debug>
                     <debuglevel>lines,vars,source</debuglevel>
                     <!-- [#2413] Make compiler warnings a bit more visible
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-checker-framework-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-checker-framework-example/pom.xml
index 8b9a8d12bd..66f1eed0f9 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-checker-framework-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-checker-framework-example/pom.xml
@@ -55,8 +55,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>3.7.0</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
+                    <release>10</release>
                     <fork>true</fork>
                     <annotationProcessors>
                         <annotationProcessor>org.jooq.checker.SQLDialectChecker</annotationProcessor>
@@ -66,6 +65,15 @@
                         <arg>-Xbootclasspath/p:1.8</arg>
                     </compilerArgs>
                 </configuration>
+
+                <!-- Required to compile with Java 10 https://stackoverflow.com/a/49398936/521799 -->
+                <dependencies>
+                    <dependency>
+                        <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>asm</artifactId>
+                        <version>6.2</version> <!-- Use newer version of ASM -->
+                    </dependency>
+                </dependencies>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-flyway-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-flyway-example/pom.xml
index fb365d3717..21f552070c 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-flyway-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-flyway-example/pom.xml
@@ -88,11 +88,19 @@
                     <maxmem>1024m</maxmem>
                     <meminitial>256m</meminitial>
                     <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
-                    <source>1.7</source>
-                    <target>1.7</target>
+                    <release>10</release>
                     <debug>true</debug>
                     <debuglevel>lines,vars,source</debuglevel>
                 </configuration>
+
+                <!-- Required to compile with Java 10 https://stackoverflow.com/a/49398936/521799 -->
+                <dependencies>
+                    <dependency>
+                        <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>asm</artifactId>
+                        <version>6.2</version> <!-- Use newer version of ASM -->
+                    </dependency>
+                </dependencies>
             </plugin>
 
             <!-- The Scala compiler plugin -->
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-javaee-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-javaee-example/pom.xml
index 6b9a5b611c..1e00c107a4 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-javaee-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-javaee-example/pom.xml
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@
         <version.war.plugin>2.1.1</version.war.plugin>
 
         <!-- maven-compiler-plugin -->
-        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
-        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.release>8</maven.compiler.release>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
@@ -130,8 +129,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>${version.compiler.plugin}</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <source>${maven.compiler.source}</source>
-                    <target>${maven.compiler.target}</target>
+                    <release>${maven.compiler.release}</release>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
 
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-javafx-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-javafx-example/pom.xml
index 32b71c453a..27b7f0b429 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-javafx-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-javafx-example/pom.xml
@@ -80,8 +80,7 @@
                     <maxmem>1024m</maxmem>
                     <meminitial>256m</meminitial>
                     <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
+                    <release>10</release>
                     <debug>true</debug>
                     <debuglevel>lines,vars,source</debuglevel>
                     <!-- [#2413] Make compiler warnings a bit more visible
@@ -90,6 +89,15 @@
                         <arg>-Xlint:varargs</arg>
                     </compilerArgs>
                 </configuration>
+
+                <!-- Required to compile with Java 10 https://stackoverflow.com/a/49398936/521799 -->
+                <dependencies>
+                    <dependency>
+                        <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>asm</artifactId>
+                        <version>6.2</version> <!-- Use newer version of ASM -->
+                    </dependency>
+                </dependencies>
             </plugin>
 
             <!-- We're using the properties plugin to load external properties into Maven.
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-jpa-example-entities/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-jpa-example-entities/pom.xml
index a04c782798..3242b6d74d 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-jpa-example-entities/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-jpa-example-entities/pom.xml
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@
                     <maxmem>1024m</maxmem>
                     <meminitial>256m</meminitial>
                     <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
-                    <source>10</source>
-                    <target>10</target>
+                    <release>10</release>
                     <debug>true</debug>
                     <debuglevel>lines,vars,source</debuglevel>
                     <!-- [#2413] Make compiler warnings a bit more visible
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-jpa-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-jpa-example/pom.xml
index 42928264c7..82694bd01f 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-jpa-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-jpa-example/pom.xml
@@ -100,8 +100,7 @@
                     <maxmem>1024m</maxmem>
                     <meminitial>256m</meminitial>
                     <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
-                    <source>10</source>
-                    <target>10</target>
+                    <release>10</release>
                     <debug>true</debug>
                     <debuglevel>lines,vars,source</debuglevel>
                     <!-- [#2413] Make compiler warnings a bit more visible
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-kotlin-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-kotlin-example/pom.xml
index 20ef76f548..a782dc2c33 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-kotlin-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-kotlin-example/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         <kotlin.version>1.2.30</kotlin.version>
         <org.jooq.version>3.12.0-SNAPSHOT</org.jooq.version>
         <org.h2.version>1.4.197</org.h2.version>
-        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
+        <java.version>8</java.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -183,8 +183,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>3.7.0</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <source>${java.version}</source>
-                    <target>${java.version}</target>
+                    <release>${java.version}</release>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
 
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-oracle-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-oracle-example/pom.xml
index 90c3d82663..273ab39efc 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-oracle-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-oracle-example/pom.xml
@@ -66,11 +66,19 @@
                     <maxmem>1024m</maxmem>
                     <meminitial>256m</meminitial>
                     <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
+                    <release>8</release>
                     <debug>true</debug>
                     <debuglevel>lines,vars,source</debuglevel>
                 </configuration>
+
+                <!-- Required to compile with Java 10 https://stackoverflow.com/a/49398936/521799 -->
+                <dependencies>
+                    <dependency>
+                        <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>asm</artifactId>
+                        <version>6.2</version> <!-- Use newer version of ASM -->
+                    </dependency>
+                </dependencies>
             </plugin>
 
             <!-- We're using the properties plugin to load external properties into Maven.
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spark-chart-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spark-chart-example/pom.xml
index 1174e7814c..babaf0ecac 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spark-chart-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spark-chart-example/pom.xml
@@ -41,9 +41,17 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>3.7.0</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
+                    <release>8</release>
                 </configuration>
+
+                <!-- Required to compile with Java 10 https://stackoverflow.com/a/49398936/521799 -->
+                <dependencies>
+                    <dependency>
+                        <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>asm</artifactId>
+                        <version>6.2</version> <!-- Use newer version of ASM -->
+                    </dependency>
+                </dependencies>
             </plugin>
 
             <plugin>
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spark-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spark-example/pom.xml
index 6135b91fa4..616a4da5a1 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spark-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spark-example/pom.xml
@@ -92,8 +92,7 @@
                     <maxmem>1024m</maxmem>
                     <meminitial>256m</meminitial>
                     <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
+                    <release>8</release>
                     <debug>true</debug>
                     <debuglevel>lines,vars,source</debuglevel>
                     <!-- [#2413] Make compiler warnings a bit more visible
@@ -102,6 +101,15 @@
                         <arg>-Xlint:varargs</arg>
                     </compilerArgs>
                 </configuration>
+
+                <!-- Required to compile with Java 10 https://stackoverflow.com/a/49398936/521799 -->
+                <dependencies>
+                    <dependency>
+                        <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>asm</artifactId>
+                        <version>6.2</version> <!-- Use newer version of ASM -->
+                    </dependency>
+                </dependencies>
             </plugin>
 
             <!-- We're using the properties plugin to load external properties into Maven.
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-example/pom.xml
index d10a8b0ea1..f4fb5689ea 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-example/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
         <org.springframework.version>4.3.10.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
         <org.jooq.version>3.12.0-SNAPSHOT</org.jooq.version>
         <org.h2.version>1.4.197</org.h2.version>
-        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -103,8 +102,7 @@
                     <maxmem>1024m</maxmem>
                     <meminitial>256m</meminitial>
                     <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
+                    <release>10</release>
                     <debug>true</debug>
                     <debuglevel>lines,vars,source</debuglevel>
                     <!-- [#2413] Make compiler warnings a bit more visible
@@ -113,6 +111,15 @@
                         <arg>-Xlint:varargs</arg>
                     </compilerArgs>
                 </configuration>
+
+                <!-- Required to compile with Java 10 https://stackoverflow.com/a/49398936/521799 -->
+                <dependencies>
+                    <dependency>
+                        <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>asm</artifactId>
+                        <version>6.2</version> <!-- Use newer version of ASM -->
+                    </dependency>
+                </dependencies>
             </plugin>
 
             <!-- We're using the properties plugin to load external properties into Maven.
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-guice-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-guice-example/pom.xml
index 8d0ae263ff..7007f2783b 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-guice-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-guice-example/pom.xml
@@ -89,8 +89,7 @@
                     <maxmem>1024m</maxmem>
                     <meminitial>256m</meminitial>
                     <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
+                    <release>10</release>
                     <debug>true</debug>
                     <debuglevel>lines,vars,source</debuglevel>
                     <!-- [#2413] Make compiler warnings a bit more visible
@@ -99,6 +98,15 @@
                         <arg>-Xlint:varargs</arg>
                     </compilerArgs>
                 </configuration>
+
+                <!-- Required to compile with Java 10 https://stackoverflow.com/a/49398936/521799 -->
+                <dependencies>
+                    <dependency>
+                        <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>asm</artifactId>
+                        <version>6.2</version> <!-- Use newer version of ASM -->
+                    </dependency>
+                </dependencies>
             </plugin>
 
             <!-- We're using the properties plugin to load external properties into Maven.
diff --git a/jOOQ/pom.xml b/jOOQ/pom.xml
index 6c44bc5373..6bea50a2e2 100644
--- a/jOOQ/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ/pom.xml
@@ -87,18 +87,17 @@
         <!-- From JDK 9 onwards, the JAXB dependency needs to be made explicit -->
         <!-- The dependency can cause trouble in older JDKs, so it needs to be
              excluded from pre-java-9 builds: https://github.com/jOOQ/jOOQ/issues/7649 -->
-        <!-- [java-9] -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
             <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- From JDK 11 onwards, the transitive activation dependency needs to be made explicit -->
+        <!-- This is probably due to a bug in JAXB: https://github.com/javaee/jaxb-v2/issues/1207 -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.sun.activation</groupId>
             <artifactId>javax.activation</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <!-- [/java-9] -->
 
 
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a237d17382..010532f0a1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@
             <!-- From JDK 9 onwards, the JAXB dependency needs to be made explicit -->
             <!-- The dependency can cause trouble in older JDKs, so it needs to be
                  excluded from pre-java-9 builds: https://github.com/jOOQ/jOOQ/issues/7649 -->
-            <!-- [java-9] -->
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
@@ -107,12 +106,12 @@
             </dependency>
 
             <!-- From JDK 11 onwards, the transitive activation dependency needs to be made explicit -->
+            <!-- This is probably due to a bug in JAXB: https://github.com/javaee/jaxb-v2/issues/1207 -->
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.sun.activation</groupId>
                 <artifactId>javax.activation</artifactId>
                 <version>1.2.0</version>
             </dependency>
-            <!-- [/java-9] -->
 
             <!-- Optional logging dependency -->
             <dependency>
@@ -204,8 +203,8 @@
                         <maxmem>512m</maxmem>
                         <meminitial>256m</meminitial>
                         <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
-                        <source>${java.version}</source>
-                        <target>${java.version}</target>
+                        <release>${java.version}</release>
+
                         <debug>true</debug>
                         <debuglevel>lines,vars,source</debuglevel>
                         <!-- [#2413] Make compiler warnings a bit more visible