diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-testcontainers-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-testcontainers-example/pom.xml
index 7fae5c6ef1..52c6f41519 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-testcontainers-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-testcontainers-example/pom.xml
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@
         <db.url>jdbc:tc:postgresql:13:///sakila?TC_TMPFS=/testtmpfs:rw&amp;TC_INITSCRIPT=file:${basedir}/src/main/resources/postgres-sakila-schema.sql</db.url>
         <db.username>postgres</db.username>
         <db.password>postgres</db.password>
-
-        <maven.compiler.source>16</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>16</maven.compiler.target>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -64,7 +61,6 @@
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
-            <version>4.13.1</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
@@ -74,9 +70,25 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
+                    <fork>true</fork>
+                    <maxmem>1024m</maxmem>
+                    <meminitial>256m</meminitial>
+                    <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+
                     <release>11</release>
+
+
+                    <!-- IntelliJ needs these https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-195472 -->
                     <source>11</source>
                     <target>11</target>
+
+                    <debug>true</debug>
+                    <debuglevel>lines,vars,source</debuglevel>
+                    <!-- [#2413] Make compiler warnings a bit more visible
+                         But don't fail (yet) -->
+                    <compilerArgs>
+                        <arg>-Xlint:varargs</arg>
+                    </compilerArgs>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>