diff --git a/rest/pom.xml b/rest/pom.xml
index 4e9573b5c..24b375007 100644
--- a/rest/pom.xml
+++ b/rest/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 		<module>../web</module>
 		<module>taskana-rest-spring-example-common</module>
 		<module>taskana-rest-spring-example-boot</module>
-		<module>taskana-rest-spring-example-wildfly</module>
 	</modules>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example-wildfly/pom.xml b/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example-wildfly/pom.xml
index fbc28467b..aea0e5908 100644
--- a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example-wildfly/pom.xml
+++ b/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example-wildfly/pom.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
+    <properties>
+        <java.version>8</java.version>
+    </properties>
+
     <dependencyManagement>
         <dependencies>
             <dependency>