diff --git a/plugins/kotlin/project-wizard/tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/tools/projectWizard/wizard/MavenNewKotlinModuleTest.kt b/plugins/kotlin/project-wizard/tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/tools/projectWizard/wizard/MavenNewKotlinModuleTest.kt
index 127a7305ecb3..4d550562f97f 100644
--- a/plugins/kotlin/project-wizard/tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/tools/projectWizard/wizard/MavenNewKotlinModuleTest.kt
+++ b/plugins/kotlin/project-wizard/tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/tools/projectWizard/wizard/MavenNewKotlinModuleTest.kt
@@ -329,7 +329,8 @@ class MavenNewKotlinModuleTest : MavenNewProjectWizardTestCase(), NewKotlinProje
     }
 
     override fun postprocessOutputFile(relativePath: String, fileContents: String): String {
-        return substituteArtifactsVersions(fileContents)
+        val result = substituteCompilerSourceAndTargetLevels(fileContents)
+        return substituteArtifactsVersions(result)
     }
 
     override fun getTestFolderName(): String {
@@ -367,4 +368,17 @@ class MavenNewKotlinModuleTest : MavenNewProjectWizardTestCase(), NewKotlinProje
         }
         return result
     }
+
+    private fun substituteCompilerSourceAndTargetLevels(fileContents: String): String {
+        val compilerSourceRegex = Regex("<maven.compiler.source>(\\d\\d)")
+        val compilerTargetRegex = Regex("<maven.compiler.target>(\\d\\d)")
+        var result = fileContents
+        if (result.contains(compilerSourceRegex)) {
+            result = result.replace(compilerSourceRegex, "<maven.compiler.source>VERSION")
+        }
+        if (result.contains(compilerTargetRegex)) {
+            result = result.replace(compilerTargetRegex, "<maven.compiler.target>VERSION")
+        }
+        return result
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/plugins/kotlin/project-wizard/tests/testData/mavenNewProjectWizard/newModuleInJavaProject/pom.xml b/plugins/kotlin/project-wizard/tests/testData/mavenNewProjectWizard/newModuleInJavaProject/pom.xml
index 971e7f621601..5c913e20dabf 100644
--- a/plugins/kotlin/project-wizard/tests/testData/mavenNewProjectWizard/newModuleInJavaProject/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/kotlin/project-wizard/tests/testData/mavenNewProjectWizard/newModuleInJavaProject/pom.xml
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
     </modules>
 
     <properties>
-        <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.source>VERSION</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>VERSION</maven.compiler.target>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>