diff --git a/installer/pom.xml b/installer/pom.xml
index 39671fd6d..f60bc18e1 100644
--- a/installer/pom.xml
+++ b/installer/pom.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.5.1</version>
+                    <version>3.8.0</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fe71d8acb..1f66dd1d5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -194,6 +194,30 @@
                 </plugins>
             </build>
         </profile>
+        <profile>
+            <!-- JDK 8 profile for the Error Prone plugin -->
+            <id>jdk8</id>
+            <activation>
+                <jdk>1.8</jdk>
+            </activation>
+            <properties>
+                <javac.version>9+181-r4173-1</javac.version>
+            </properties>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <fork>true</fork>
+                            <compilerArgs combine.children="append">
+                                <arg>-J-Xbootclasspath/p:${settings.localRepository}/com/google/errorprone/javac/${javac.version}/javac-${javac.version}.jar</arg>
+                            </compilerArgs>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
     </profiles>
 
     <build>
@@ -205,23 +229,18 @@
                     <source>1.8</source>
                     <target>1.8</target>
                     <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
-                    <compilerId>javac-with-errorprone</compilerId>
-                    <forceJavacCompilerUse>true</forceJavacCompilerUse>
+                    <compilerArgs>
+                        <arg>-XDcompilePolicy=simple</arg>
+                        <arg>-Xplugin:ErrorProne</arg>
+                    </compilerArgs>
+                    <annotationProcessorPaths>
+                        <path>
+                            <groupId>com.google.errorprone</groupId>
+                            <artifactId>error_prone_core</artifactId>
+                            <version>2.3.2</version>
+                        </path>
+                    </annotationProcessorPaths>
                 </configuration>
-                <dependencies>
-                    <dependency>
-                        <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>plexus-compiler-javac-errorprone</artifactId>
-                        <version>2.8</version>
-                    </dependency>
-                    <!-- override plexus-compiler-javac-errorprone's dependency on
-                         Error Prone with the latest version -->
-                    <dependency>
-                        <groupId>com.google.errorprone</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>error_prone_core</artifactId>
-                        <version>2.1.1</version>
-                    </dependency>
-                </dependencies>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
@@ -268,7 +287,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.5.1</version>
+                    <version>3.8.0</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>