diff --git a/exporters/otlp/profiles/build.gradle.kts b/exporters/otlp/profiles/build.gradle.kts
index 00ddf18651d..b27e366a941 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/profiles/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/exporters/otlp/profiles/build.gradle.kts
@@ -27,4 +27,10 @@ dependencies {
   testImplementation(project(":exporters:otlp:testing-internal"))
   testImplementation(project(":exporters:sender:okhttp"))
   testImplementation("io.grpc:grpc-stub")
+
+  tasks {
+    withType(JavaCompile::class) {
+      options.release.set(11)
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/profiles/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/profiles/JfrConverter.java b/exporters/otlp/profiles/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/profiles/JfrConverter.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..44f1a728179
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exporters/otlp/profiles/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/profiles/JfrConverter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package io.opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.profiles;
+
+import jdk.jfr.consumer.RecordingFile;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class JfrConverter {
+
+  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
+
+    File jfrFile = new File(args[0]);
+    RecordingFile recordingFile = new RecordingFile(jfrFile.toPath());
+
+  }
+}