diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 07707d8f5..0fca779f8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -389,8 +389,8 @@
   </dependencies> 
 
   <properties>
-    <maven.compile.source>1.3</maven.compile.source>
-    <maven.compile.target>1.2</maven.compile.target>
+    <maven.compile.source>1.5</maven.compile.source>
+    <maven.compile.target>1.5</maven.compile.target>
     <commons.componentid>lang</commons.componentid>
     <commons.release.version>2.4</commons.release.version>
     <commons.jira.id>LANG</commons.jira.id>