diff --git a/client-api/pom.xml b/client-api/pom.xml
index 3ac127ed..bd533e67 100644
--- a/client-api/pom.xml
+++ b/client-api/pom.xml
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/data/pom.xml b/data/pom.xml
index 85c96dad..e905b45c 100644
--- a/data/pom.xml
+++ b/data/pom.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 	<artifactId>data</artifactId>
 
 	<name>data</name>
+	<properties>
+	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/data/src/main/java/edu/harvard/hms/dbmi/avillach/hpds/data/genotype/InfoColumnMeta.java b/data/src/main/java/edu/harvard/hms/dbmi/avillach/hpds/data/genotype/InfoColumnMeta.java
index d0aebb36..189a22be 100644
--- a/data/src/main/java/edu/harvard/hms/dbmi/avillach/hpds/data/genotype/InfoColumnMeta.java
+++ b/data/src/main/java/edu/harvard/hms/dbmi/avillach/hpds/data/genotype/InfoColumnMeta.java
@@ -1,16 +1,5 @@
 package edu.harvard.hms.dbmi.avillach.hpds.data.genotype;
 
-import lombok.Builder;
-import lombok.Value;
-import lombok.extern.jackson.Jacksonized;
-
-@Jacksonized
-@Value
-@Builder
-public class InfoColumnMeta {
-
-    String key, description;
-    boolean continuous;
-    Float min, max;
+public record InfoColumnMeta(String key, String description, boolean continuous, Float min, Float max) {
 
 }
diff --git a/genomic-processor/pom.xml b/genomic-processor/pom.xml
index 4ffabd57..8b82278d 100644
--- a/genomic-processor/pom.xml
+++ b/genomic-processor/pom.xml
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
     <artifactId>genomic-processor</artifactId>
 
     <properties>
-        <maven.compiler.source>18</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>18</maven.compiler.target>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a19ec9fc..a25477aa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 		<module>war</module>
     </modules>
 	<properties>
+		<maven.compiler.release>21</maven.compiler.release>
+		<java.version>21</java.version>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<dockerfile-maven-version>1.4.10</dockerfile-maven-version>
 		<aws.version>2.20.153</aws.version>
@@ -118,7 +120,8 @@
 					<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
 					<version>3.8.0</version>
 					<configuration>
-						<release>11</release>
+						<!--this is the target Java version-->
+						<release>21</release>
 					</configuration>
 				</plugin>
 				<plugin>
diff --git a/processing/src/main/java/edu/harvard/hms/dbmi/avillach/hpds/processing/GenomicProcessorNodeImpl.java b/processing/src/main/java/edu/harvard/hms/dbmi/avillach/hpds/processing/GenomicProcessorNodeImpl.java
index f1cb8ca1..68e0140b 100644
--- a/processing/src/main/java/edu/harvard/hms/dbmi/avillach/hpds/processing/GenomicProcessorNodeImpl.java
+++ b/processing/src/main/java/edu/harvard/hms/dbmi/avillach/hpds/processing/GenomicProcessorNodeImpl.java
@@ -389,13 +389,13 @@ public Set<String> getInfoStoreValues(String conceptPath) {
     @Override
     public List<InfoColumnMeta> getInfoColumnMeta() {
         return getInfoStoreColumns().stream().map(infoStores::get)
-                .map(fileBackedByteIndexedInfoStore -> InfoColumnMeta.builder()
-                        .key(fileBackedByteIndexedInfoStore.column_key)
-                        .description(fileBackedByteIndexedInfoStore.description)
-                        .continuous(fileBackedByteIndexedInfoStore.isContinuous)
-                        .min(fileBackedByteIndexedInfoStore.min)
-                        .max(fileBackedByteIndexedInfoStore.max)
-                        .build()
+                .map(fileBackedByteIndexedInfoStore -> new InfoColumnMeta(
+                        fileBackedByteIndexedInfoStore.column_key,
+                        fileBackedByteIndexedInfoStore.description,
+                        fileBackedByteIndexedInfoStore.isContinuous,
+                        fileBackedByteIndexedInfoStore.min,
+                        fileBackedByteIndexedInfoStore.max
+                    )
                 )
                 .collect(Collectors.toList());
     }
diff --git a/processing/src/test/java/edu/harvard/hms/dbmi/avillach/hpds/processing/genomic/GenomicProcessorRestClientTest.java b/processing/src/test/java/edu/harvard/hms/dbmi/avillach/hpds/processing/genomic/GenomicProcessorRestClientTest.java
index 5ded227e..ff24f62f 100644
--- a/processing/src/test/java/edu/harvard/hms/dbmi/avillach/hpds/processing/genomic/GenomicProcessorRestClientTest.java
+++ b/processing/src/test/java/edu/harvard/hms/dbmi/avillach/hpds/processing/genomic/GenomicProcessorRestClientTest.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public void getInfoStoreValues() {
     public void getInfoColumnMeta() {
         List<InfoColumnMeta> infoColumnMeta = genomicProcessorRestClient.getInfoColumnMeta();
         for (InfoColumnMeta columnMeta : infoColumnMeta) {
-            if (columnMeta.getKey().equals("Variant_consequence_calculated")) {
+            if (columnMeta.key().equals("Variant_consequence_calculated")) {
                 return;
             }
         }
diff --git a/service/src/main/java/edu/harvard/hms/dbmi/avillach/hpds/service/PicSureService.java b/service/src/main/java/edu/harvard/hms/dbmi/avillach/hpds/service/PicSureService.java
index 1d0f8c2e..04e5863f 100644
--- a/service/src/main/java/edu/harvard/hms/dbmi/avillach/hpds/service/PicSureService.java
+++ b/service/src/main/java/edu/harvard/hms/dbmi/avillach/hpds/service/PicSureService.java
@@ -155,12 +155,12 @@ public SearchResults search(@RequestBody QueryRequest searchJson) {
 			//FileBackedByteIndexedInfoStore store = abstractProcessor.getInfoStore(infoColumn);
 			String query = searchJson.getQuery().toString();
 			String lowerCase = query.toLowerCase();
-			boolean storeIsNumeric = infoColumnMeta.isContinuous();
-			if (infoColumnMeta.getDescription().toLowerCase().contains(lowerCase)
-					|| infoColumnMeta.getKey().toLowerCase().contains(lowerCase)) {
-				infoResults.put(infoColumnMeta.getKey(),
-						ImmutableMap.of("description", infoColumnMeta.getDescription(), "values",
-								storeIsNumeric ? new ArrayList<String>() : abstractProcessor.searchInfoConceptValues(infoColumnMeta.getKey(), ""), "continuous",
+			boolean storeIsNumeric = infoColumnMeta.continuous();
+			if (infoColumnMeta.description().toLowerCase().contains(lowerCase)
+					|| infoColumnMeta.key().toLowerCase().contains(lowerCase)) {
+				infoResults.put(infoColumnMeta.key(),
+						ImmutableMap.of("description", infoColumnMeta.description(), "values",
+								storeIsNumeric ? new ArrayList<String>() : abstractProcessor.searchInfoConceptValues(infoColumnMeta.key(), ""), "continuous",
 								storeIsNumeric));
 			}
 		});