diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c496e0ce87..44762eb0f8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
http://www.apache.org
+
1.8
diff --git a/tez-plugins/tez-protobuf-history-plugin/pom.xml b/tez-plugins/tez-protobuf-history-plugin/pom.xml
index 607a31f95b..60e5355981 100644
--- a/tez-plugins/tez-protobuf-history-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-plugins/tez-protobuf-history-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
limitations under the License. See accompanying LICENSE file.
-->
+
diff --git a/tez-runtime-internals/pom.xml b/tez-runtime-internals/pom.xml
index 0619ca1e16..1f92b6c63a 100644
--- a/tez-runtime-internals/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-runtime-internals/pom.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
limitations under the License. See accompanying LICENSE file.
-->
+
diff --git a/tez-runtime-library/pom.xml b/tez-runtime-library/pom.xml
index c913e87d43..503815d4bd 100644
--- a/tez-runtime-library/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-runtime-library/pom.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
limitations under the License. See accompanying LICENSE file.
-->
+