diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven.yaml b/.github/workflows/maven.yaml
index f1bf4060..e8d040e8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ jobs:
   build-maven:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      # Checkout source code, set up Java, etc. Then...
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up JDK
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fc8eea33..23ff09fd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
                                         <version>${java.version}</version>
                                     </requireJavaVersion>
                                     <requireMavenVersion>
-                                        <version>3.9.0</version>
+                                        <version>[3.8,)</version>
                                     </requireMavenVersion>
                                 </rules>
                             </configuration>