diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 758d45e..2f1989a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
-          <source>1.5</source>
-          <target>1.5</target>
+          <source>9</source>
+          <target>9</target>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
 			<plugin>
diff --git a/src/main/java/module-info.java b/src/main/java/module-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43701c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/module-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module net.jcip.annotations {
+    exports net.jcip.annotations;
+}