diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bcfc7a2608..f77a7c548b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -781,8 +781,8 @@
             <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
             <configuration>
                <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
-               <source>1.8</source>
-               <target>1.8</target>
+               <source>1.7</source>
+               <target>1.7</target>
             </configuration>
          </plugin>
          <plugin>