diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4978f985c9..eefc4cd121 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@
       <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
       <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
-      <maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
-      <maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
+      <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+      <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
 
      <!--