diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bb2d1b96b..16b9e43fd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ under the License.
     <jetty.version>9.4.55.v20240627</jetty.version>
     <version.plexus-utils>4.0.2</version.plexus-utils>
     <!-- for ITs -->
-    <compilerPluginVersion>3.11.0</compilerPluginVersion>
+    <compilerPluginVersion>3.13.0</compilerPluginVersion>
     <sourcePluginVersion>3.3.0</sourcePluginVersion>
     <enforcerPluginVersion>3.4.1</enforcerPluginVersion>
     <pluginPluginVersion>3.15.0</pluginPluginVersion>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/javadoc/AbstractJavadocMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/javadoc/AbstractJavadocMojo.java
index c5d9ce293..5c545aa32 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/javadoc/AbstractJavadocMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/javadoc/AbstractJavadocMojo.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.Writer;
-import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
@@ -2615,27 +2614,13 @@ public Artifact resolveDependency(Dependency dependency) throws MavenReportExcep
         }
     }
 
-    // TODO remove the part with ToolchainManager lookup once we depend on
-    // 3.0.9 (have it as prerequisite). Define as regular component field then.
     protected final Toolchain getToolchain() {
         Toolchain tc = null;
 
         if (jdkToolchain != null) {
-            // Maven 3.3.1 has plugin execution scoped Toolchain Support
-            try {
-                Method getToolchainsMethod = toolchainManager
-                        .getClass()
-                        .getMethod("getToolchains", MavenSession.class, String.class, Map.class);
-
-                @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-                List<Toolchain> tcs =
-                        (List<Toolchain>) getToolchainsMethod.invoke(toolchainManager, session, "jdk", jdkToolchain);
-
-                if (tcs != null && tcs.size() > 0) {
-                    tc = tcs.get(0);
-                }
-            } catch (SecurityException | ReflectiveOperationException e) {
-                // ignore
+            List<Toolchain> tcs = toolchainManager.getToolchains(session, "jdk", jdkToolchain);
+            if (tcs != null && !tcs.isEmpty()) {
+                tc = tcs.get(0);
             }
         }
 
@@ -4625,7 +4610,7 @@ private void addJavadocOptions(
             addArgIf(arguments, quiet, "-quiet", SINCE_JAVADOC_1_5);
         }
 
-        if (release != null) {
+        if (javadocRuntimeVersion.isAtLeast("9") && release != null) {
             arguments.add("--release");
             arguments.add(release);
         } else {