diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d245e114..2ad696e3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-		<java.version>1.7</java.version>
+		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>
@@ -158,8 +158,8 @@
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
 				<configuration>
-					<source>1.7</source>
-					<target>1.7</target>
+					<source>1.8</source>
+					<target>1.8</target>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 		</plugins>