diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1a48a77cbd3567a4a4e58317981039ee726db8b9..755c0b7ae7c583e930382e1252cf04d0632358bd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         <maven-source.version>2.2.1</maven-source.version>
         <maven-compiler.version>3.7.0</maven-compiler.version>
         <maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip>