diff --git a/operator-framework/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/config/runtime/ControllerConfigurationAnnotationProcessor.java b/operator-framework/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/config/runtime/ControllerConfigurationAnnotationProcessor.java
index fc517e713d..6440ec78a0 100644
--- a/operator-framework/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/config/runtime/ControllerConfigurationAnnotationProcessor.java
+++ b/operator-framework/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/config/runtime/ControllerConfigurationAnnotationProcessor.java
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 import javax.annotation.processing.ProcessingEnvironment;
 import javax.annotation.processing.RoundEnvironment;
 import javax.annotation.processing.SupportedAnnotationTypes;
-import javax.annotation.processing.SupportedSourceVersion;
 import javax.lang.model.SourceVersion;
 import javax.lang.model.element.Element;
 import javax.lang.model.element.ElementKind;
@@ -25,7 +24,6 @@
 import static io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.config.runtime.RuntimeControllerMetadata.RECONCILERS_RESOURCE_PATH;
 
 @SupportedAnnotationTypes("io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.ControllerConfiguration")
-@SupportedSourceVersion(SourceVersion.RELEASE_11)
 public class ControllerConfigurationAnnotationProcessor extends AbstractProcessor {
 
   private static final Logger log =
@@ -34,6 +32,11 @@ public class ControllerConfigurationAnnotationProcessor extends AbstractProcesso
   private AccumulativeMappingWriter controllersResourceWriter;
   private TypeParameterResolver typeParameterResolver;
 
+  @Override
+  public SourceVersion getSupportedSourceVersion() {
+    return SourceVersion.latest();
+  }
+
   @Override
   public synchronized void init(ProcessingEnvironment processingEnv) {
     super.init(processingEnv);