diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 112822f46a118258077be392c5cc185f6197b75f..88d18f28ac7479d29a0e474c6d001d0788fd6ae0 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>2.0.2</version>
         <configuration>
-          <source>1.7</source>
-          <target>1.7</target>
+          <source>1.8</source>
+          <target>1.8</target>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>