diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c6c1abf..fe745bd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@
   </developers>
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.source>7</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
+    <maven.compiler.source>8</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
   <licenses>
     <license>