diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d099c7f3..732bd29c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 		<sonar.login>admin</sonar.login>
 		<sonar.password>admin</sonar.password>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+     		<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+     		<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>