diff --git a/apollo-core/pom.xml b/apollo-core/pom.xml
index 30e2ab62561ba503cdae6e3ac43297b5755f87c1..7fbe4e34598c712a86c3454e99c58bcda2a7f78a 100644
--- a/apollo-core/pom.xml
+++ b/apollo-core/pom.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 	<name>Apollo Core</name>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<properties>
+		<java.version>1.7</java.version>
 		<github.path>${project.artifactId}</github.path>
 	</properties>
 	<dependencies>