diff --git a/pmd-apex-jorje/pom.xml b/pmd-apex-jorje/pom.xml
index 17ad3707d7..53e2a86568 100644
--- a/pmd-apex-jorje/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-apex-jorje/pom.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
   <properties>
     <config.basedir>${basedir}/../pmd-core</config.basedir>
     <java.version>8</java.version>
+    <!-- Workaround for https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-188690 -->
+    <maven.compiler.source>1.${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.target>1.${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
     <apex.jorje.version>2017-11-17</apex.jorje.version>
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/pmd-apex/pom.xml b/pmd-apex/pom.xml
index b8518a49ad..ecfda9f000 100644
--- a/pmd-apex/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-apex/pom.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
     <config.basedir>${basedir}/../pmd-core</config.basedir>
 
     <java.version>8</java.version>
+    <!-- Workaround for https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-188690 -->
+    <maven.compiler.source>1.${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.target>1.${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/pmd-doc/pom.xml b/pmd-doc/pom.xml
index fad5dee9a8..00b6650a02 100644
--- a/pmd-doc/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-doc/pom.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
 
     <properties>
         <java.version>8</java.version>
+        <!-- Workaround for https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-188690 -->
+        <maven.compiler.source>1.${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>1.${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
         <config.basedir>${basedir}/../pmd-core</config.basedir>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/pmd-java8/pom.xml b/pmd-java8/pom.xml
index d5087c2e89..8067b2a845 100644
--- a/pmd-java8/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-java8/pom.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
     <properties>
         <config.basedir>${basedir}/../pmd-core</config.basedir>
         <java.version>8</java.version>
+        <!-- Workaround for https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-188690 -->
+        <maven.compiler.source>1.${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>1.${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
     </properties>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/pmd-ui/pom.xml b/pmd-ui/pom.xml
index 94778d24e2..8d25ec383a 100644
--- a/pmd-ui/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-ui/pom.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
     <properties>
         <config.basedir>${basedir}/../pmd-core</config.basedir>
         <java.version>8</java.version>
+        <!-- Workaround for https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-188690 -->
+        <maven.compiler.source>1.${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>1.${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
     </properties>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9bcfa28c5c..5a0c6bf5ac 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -256,6 +256,9 @@ Additionally it includes CPD, the copy-paste-detector. CPD finds duplicated code
 
     <properties>
         <java.version>7</java.version>
+        <!-- Workaround for https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-188690 -->
+        <maven.compiler.source>1.${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>1.${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
 
         <javacc.version>5.0</javacc.version>
         <surefire.version>2.20.1</surefire.version>