diff --git a/fluent-hc/pom.xml b/fluent-hc/pom.xml
index e5ef4a368..afa1e33d3 100644
--- a/fluent-hc/pom.xml
+++ b/fluent-hc/pom.xml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <!-- reduce console output. Can override with -Dquiet=false -->
           <quiet>true</quiet>
-          <source>${maven.compile.source}</source>
+          <source>${maven.compiler.source}</source>
           <links>
             <link>http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/api/</link>
             <link>http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-core-ga/httpcore/apidocs/</link>
diff --git a/httpclient-cache/pom.xml b/httpclient-cache/pom.xml
index b9421eea7..0ed6f17d3 100644
--- a/httpclient-cache/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient-cache/pom.xml
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <!-- reduce console output. Can override with -Dquiet=false -->
           <quiet>true</quiet>
-          <source>${maven.compile.source}</source>
+          <source>${maven.compiler.source}</source>
           <links>
             <link>http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/api/</link>
             <link>http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-core-ga/httpcore/apidocs/</link>
diff --git a/httpclient/pom.xml b/httpclient/pom.xml
index 6dd2d2720..33b62b96e 100644
--- a/httpclient/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient/pom.xml
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <!-- reduce console output. Can override with -Dquiet=false -->
           <quiet>true</quiet>
-          <source>${maven.compile.source}</source>
+          <source>${maven.compiler.source}</source>
           <links>
             <link>http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/api/</link>
             <link>http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-core-ga/httpcore/apidocs/</link>
diff --git a/httpmime/pom.xml b/httpmime/pom.xml
index 21261dcda..f8d2bcfd2 100644
--- a/httpmime/pom.xml
+++ b/httpmime/pom.xml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <!-- reduce console output. Can override with -Dquiet=false -->
           <quiet>true</quiet>
-          <source>${maven.compile.source}</source>
+          <source>${maven.compiler.source}</source>
           <links>
             <link>http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/api/</link>
             <link>http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-core-ga/httpcore/apidocs/</link>