diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6f65598..b4b9645 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@
     </issueManagement>
 
     <properties>
-        <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>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
@@ -137,6 +137,14 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>8</source>
+                    <target>8</target>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 </project>