diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 91c321493..47741d9d9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -168,8 +168,8 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
                     <compilerArgument>-Xlint:deprecation</compilerArgument>
-                    <source>1.7</source>
-                    <target>1.7</target>
+                    <source>1.8</source>
+                    <target>1.8</target>
                     <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>