diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 77c04eb05f88f23fe58111ad02759a895d5953c7..e62c1e96fd0b65cf97522a185d9dbaaf5422c4bf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -321,8 +321,8 @@
 				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
 				<version>3.6.1</version>
 				<configuration>
-					<source>1.7</source>
-					<target>1.7</target>
+					<source>1.8</source>
+					<target>1.8</target>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>