diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.txt b/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
index 909e72a7..396f9645 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ INTRODUCTION:
 This document contains the release notes for the 1.0 version of Apache Commons CSV.
 Commons CSV reads and writes files in variations of the Comma Separated Value (CSV) format.
 
-CSV requires at least Java 5.0.
+CSV requires at least Java 7.0.
 
 The Apache Commons CSV library provides a simple interface for reading and writing
 CSV files of various types.
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 20edc9e6..86a119fb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ CSV files of various types.
     <commons.componentid>csv</commons.componentid>
     <commons.jira.id>CSV</commons.jira.id>
     <commons.jira.pid>12313222</commons.jira.pid>
-    <maven.compiler.source>1.5</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>1.5</maven.compiler.target>
+    <maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
     <!-- Ensure copies work OK (can be removed later when this is in parent POM) -->
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
diff --git a/src/changes/release-notes.vm b/src/changes/release-notes.vm
index 12e8966e..0e6a4570 100644
--- a/src/changes/release-notes.vm
+++ b/src/changes/release-notes.vm
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ INTRODUCTION:
 This document contains the release notes for the ${version} version of Apache Commons CSV.
 Commons CSV reads and writes files in variations of the Comma Separated Value (CSV) format.
 
-CSV requires at least Java 5.0.
+CSV requires at least Java 7.0.
 
 $introduction.replaceAll("(?<!\015)\012", "
 ").replaceAll("(?m)^ +","")
diff --git a/src/site/xdoc/index.xml b/src/site/xdoc/index.xml
index 2454e352..f5c9cf4c 100644
--- a/src/site/xdoc/index.xml
+++ b/src/site/xdoc/index.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ limitations under the License.
     and various <a href="project-reports.html">project reports</a> are provided.
   </p>
   <p>
-    The JavaDoc API documents for the <a href="javadocs/api-1.0/index.html">current stable release 1.0</a> [Java 5.0+] can be viewed in a web browser.
+    The JavaDoc API documents for the <a href="javadocs/api-1.0/index.html">current stable release 1.0</a> [Java 7.0+] can be viewed in a web browser.
   </p>
   <p>
     The <a href="source-repository.html">subversion repository</a> can be