diff --git a/StatusAPI/pom.xml b/StatusAPI/pom.xml
index 8f775ad..d78cdf5 100644
--- a/StatusAPI/pom.xml
+++ b/StatusAPI/pom.xml
@@ -14,8 +14,14 @@
     <description>BungeeCord Status API Plugin</description>
 
     <properties>
-        <maven.compiler.source>8</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>8</maven.compiler.target>
+        <!--
+            Java 21 (LTS) – BungeeCord setzt seit 26.1.x mind. Java 17 voraus,
+            empfohlen ist Java 21 (LTS). Java-21-Bytecode läuft problemlos auf
+            Java 25-Servern (abwärtskompatibel).
+        -->
+        <maven.compiler.source>21</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>21</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.release>21</maven.compiler.release>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
@@ -42,7 +48,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.zaxxer</groupId>
             <artifactId>HikariCP</artifactId>
-            <version>5.1.0</version>
+            <version>6.2.1</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
 
@@ -50,7 +56,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
             <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
-            <version>9.1.0</version>
+            <version>9.2.0</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
@@ -77,10 +83,21 @@
         </resources>
 
         <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.14.0</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>21</source>
+                    <target>21</target>
+                    <release>21</release>
+                    <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5.0</version>
+                <version>3.6.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <phase>package</phase>
@@ -104,4 +121,4 @@
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>