diff --git a/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2JVMCompilerArguments.kt b/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2JVMCompilerArguments.kt
index e5bd35f7e64..613686a92ab 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2JVMCompilerArguments.kt
+++ b/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2JVMCompilerArguments.kt
@@ -389,13 +389,12 @@ default: `indy-with-constants` for JVM target 9 or greater, `inline` otherwise""
     var stringConcat: String? by NullableStringFreezableVar(null)
 
     @Argument(
-        value = "-Xrelease",
-        valueDescription = "Supported versions depend on used JDK",
-        description = """
-            Compile against specified JDK API. Supported versions depend on used JDK. 
-        """
+        value = "-Xjdk-release",
+        valueDescription = "<version>",
+        description = """Compile against specified JDK API. Requires JDK 9 or newer.
+Supported versions depend on used JDK (For JDK 17 supported targets are 1.8, 9, 10 - 17). Also set `-jvm-target` value"""
     )
-    var release: String? by NullableStringFreezableVar(null)
+    var jdkRelease: String? by NullableStringFreezableVar(null)
 
 
     @Argument(
diff --git a/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/jvm/jvmArguments.kt b/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/jvm/jvmArguments.kt
index 965f9995334..336dd9c7389 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/jvm/jvmArguments.kt
+++ b/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/jvm/jvmArguments.kt
@@ -25,8 +25,41 @@ fun CompilerConfiguration.setupJvmSpecificArguments(arguments: K2JVMCompilerArgu
 
     putIfNotNull(JVMConfigurationKeys.FRIEND_PATHS, arguments.friendPaths?.asList())
 
-    if (arguments.jvmTarget != null) {
-        val jvmTarget = JvmTarget.fromString(arguments.jvmTarget!!)
+    val releaseTargetArg = arguments.jdkRelease
+    val jvmTargetArg = arguments.jvmTarget
+    if (releaseTargetArg != null) {
+        val value =
+            if (releaseTargetArg == "1.6" || releaseTargetArg == "1.8") releaseTargetArg.substringAfter("1.").toIntOrNull()
+            else releaseTargetArg.toIntOrNull()
+        if (value == null) {
+            messageCollector.report(
+                ERROR,
+                "Can't parse value passed for `-Xrelease`: $releaseTargetArg."
+            )
+        } else {
+            if (value < 6) {
+                messageCollector.report(
+                    ERROR,
+                    "`$value` is not valid value for `-Xrelease` flag."
+                )
+            } else {
+                //don't use release flag if it equals to compilation JDK version
+                if (value != getJavaVersion() || arguments.jdkHome != null) {
+                    put(JVMConfigurationKeys.RELEASE, value)
+                }
+                if (jvmTargetArg != null && jvmTargetArg != releaseTargetArg) {
+                    messageCollector.report(
+                        ERROR,
+                        "`-Xrelease=$releaseTargetArg` option conflicts with '-jvm-target=$jvmTargetArg'."
+                    )
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    val jvmTargetValue = releaseTargetArg ?: jvmTargetArg
+    if (jvmTargetValue != null) {
+        val jvmTarget = JvmTarget.fromString(jvmTargetValue)
         if (jvmTarget != null) {
             put(JVMConfigurationKeys.JVM_TARGET, jvmTarget)
             if (jvmTarget == JvmTarget.JVM_1_6 && !arguments.suppressDeprecatedJvmTargetWarning) {
@@ -37,7 +70,7 @@ fun CompilerConfiguration.setupJvmSpecificArguments(arguments: K2JVMCompilerArgu
             }
         } else {
             messageCollector.report(
-                ERROR, "Unknown JVM target version: ${arguments.jvmTarget}\n" +
+                ERROR, "Unknown JVM target version: $jvmTargetValue\n" +
                         "Supported versions: ${JvmTarget.values().joinToString { it.description }}"
             )
         }
@@ -73,29 +106,6 @@ fun CompilerConfiguration.setupJvmSpecificArguments(arguments: K2JVMCompilerArgu
         }
     }
 
-    val releaseTarget = arguments.release
-    if (releaseTarget != null) {
-        val value = releaseTarget.toIntOrNull()
-        if (value == null) {
-            messageCollector.report(
-                ERROR,
-                "Can't parse value passed for `-Xrelease`: $releaseTarget."
-            )
-        } else {
-            if (value < 6) {
-                messageCollector.report(
-                    ERROR,
-                    "`$value` is not valid value for `-Xrelease` flag."
-                )
-            } else {
-                //don't use release flag if it equals to compilation JDK version
-                if (value != getJavaVersion() || arguments.jdkHome != null) {
-                    put(JVMConfigurationKeys.RELEASE, value)
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     handleClosureGenerationSchemeArgument("-Xsam-conversions", arguments.samConversions, JVMConfigurationKeys.SAM_CONVERSIONS, jvmTarget)
     handleClosureGenerationSchemeArgument("-Xlambdas", arguments.lambdas, JVMConfigurationKeys.LAMBDAS, jvmTarget)
 
diff --git a/compiler/testData/javaModules/releaseFlagConflict/module11.txt b/compiler/testData/javaModules/releaseFlagConflict/module11.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e4544816b30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/javaModules/releaseFlagConflict/module11.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+error: `-Xrelease=11` option conflicts with '-jvm-target=10'.
+COMPILATION_ERROR
diff --git a/compiler/testData/javaModules/releaseFlagConflict/module11/foo/Foo.kt b/compiler/testData/javaModules/releaseFlagConflict/module11/foo/Foo.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0eee8cb9dd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/javaModules/releaseFlagConflict/module11/foo/Foo.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package foo;
+
+public class Foo {
+
+    val z: java.nio.ByteBuffer? = null
+}
diff --git a/compiler/testData/javaModules/releaseFlagConflict/module9.txt b/compiler/testData/javaModules/releaseFlagConflict/module9.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..29e6b8b9b1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/javaModules/releaseFlagConflict/module9.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+error: `-Xrelease=9` option conflicts with '-jvm-target=10'.
+COMPILATION_ERROR
diff --git a/compiler/testData/javaModules/releaseFlagConflict/module9/foo/Foo.kt b/compiler/testData/javaModules/releaseFlagConflict/module9/foo/Foo.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0eee8cb9dd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/javaModules/releaseFlagConflict/module9/foo/Foo.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package foo;
+
+public class Foo {
+
+    val z: java.nio.ByteBuffer? = null
+}
diff --git a/compiler/testData/javaModules/releaseFlagWrongValue/module5.txt b/compiler/testData/javaModules/releaseFlagWrongValue/module5.txt
index 0c82de057db..3e84705198a 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/javaModules/releaseFlagWrongValue/module5.txt
+++ b/compiler/testData/javaModules/releaseFlagWrongValue/module5.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 error: `5` is not valid value for `-Xrelease` flag.
+error: unknown JVM target version: 5
+Supported versions: 1.6, 1.8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
 COMPILATION_ERROR
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jvm/compiler/Java11ModulesIntegrationTest.kt b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jvm/compiler/Java11ModulesIntegrationTest.kt
index d362b4acc3e..15eb9eb34e5 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jvm/compiler/Java11ModulesIntegrationTest.kt
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jvm/compiler/Java11ModulesIntegrationTest.kt
@@ -152,16 +152,23 @@ class Java11ModulesIntegrationTest : AbstractKotlinCompilerIntegrationTest() {
     fun testReleaseFlagWrongValue() {
         // Test that although we have moduleA in the module path, it's not in the module graph
         // because we did not provide -Xadd-modules=moduleA
-        module("module5", additionalKotlinArguments = listOf("-Xrelease=5"))
-        module("module12", additionalKotlinArguments = listOf("-Xrelease=12"))
+        module("module5", additionalKotlinArguments = listOf("-Xjdk-release=5"))
+        module("module12", additionalKotlinArguments = listOf("-Xjdk-release=12"))
     }
 
     fun testReleaseFlag() {
         // Test that although we have moduleA in the module path, it's not in the module graph
         // because we did not provide -Xadd-modules=moduleA
         module("module")
-        module("module11", additionalKotlinArguments = listOf("-Xrelease=11"))
-        module("moduleSwing", additionalKotlinArguments = listOf("-Xrelease=9"))
+        module("module11", additionalKotlinArguments = listOf("-Xjdk-release=11"))
+        module("moduleSwing", additionalKotlinArguments = listOf("-Xjdk-release=9"))
+    }
+
+    fun testReleaseFlagConflict() {
+        // Test that although we have moduleA in the module path, it's not in the module graph
+        // because we did not provide -Xadd-modules=moduleA
+        module("module9", additionalKotlinArguments = listOf("-Xjdk-release=9", "-jvm-target=10"))
+        module("module11", additionalKotlinArguments = listOf("-Xjdk-release=11", "-jvm-target=10"))
     }
 
     fun testNamedReadsTransitive() {