diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5e093b11c621281e892c8b1f7bbbb57ac773d67c..58ff7143640d9c18c15411e62537a079469cadc7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		<java.version>1.6</java.version>
+		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
 	</properties>