diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ab93381..af2ad0f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>com.akamai</groupId>
     <artifactId>edgeauth</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <name>EdgeAuth-Token-Java</name>
     <description>Akamai Edge Authorization Token for Java</description>
     <url>https://github.com/akamai/EdgeAuth-Token-Java</url>
@@ -33,11 +33,6 @@
         <url>scm:git@github.com:akamai/EdgeAuth-Token-Java.git</url>
     </scm>
     <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>jakarta.xml.bind</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jakarta.xml.bind-api</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0.1</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
@@ -211,6 +206,10 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>3.12.1</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>${java.version}</source>
+                    <target>${java.version}</target>
+                </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
@@ -222,7 +221,8 @@
                 <jdk>[9,)</jdk>
             </activation>
             <properties>
-                <maven.compiler.release>8</maven.compiler.release>
+                <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
+                <java.version>17</java.version>
             </properties>
         </profile>
         <profile>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/akamai/edgeauth/EdgeAuth.java b/src/main/java/com/akamai/edgeauth/EdgeAuth.java
index fa8a75e..14af615 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/akamai/edgeauth/EdgeAuth.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/akamai/edgeauth/EdgeAuth.java
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@
 import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
 import java.security.InvalidKeyException;
 import java.util.Calendar;
+import java.util.HexFormat;
 import java.util.TimeZone;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import javax.crypto.Mac;
 import javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec;
-import jakarta.xml.bind.DatatypeConverter;
 
 
 /**
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ private String generateToken(String path, boolean isUrl) throws EdgeAuthExceptio
 
         try {
             Mac hmac = Mac.getInstance(this.algorithm);
-            byte[] keyBytes = DatatypeConverter.parseHexBinary(this.key);
+            byte[] keyBytes = HexFormat.of().parseHex(this.key);
             SecretKeySpec secretKey = new SecretKeySpec(keyBytes, this.algorithm);
             hmac.init(secretKey);