diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7ebd8648e3..8a8e91ac86 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@
   </developers>
 
   <properties>
-    <targetJavaVersion>1.7</targetJavaVersion>
-    <maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
+    <targetJavaVersion>1.8</targetJavaVersion>
+    <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>${targetJavaVersion}</maven.compiler.target>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <github.global.server>github</github.global.server>