diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 398b992..736a705 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
    <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
    <properties>
       <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-      <maven.compiler.source>1.6</maven.compiler.source>
-      <maven.compiler.target>1.6</maven.compiler.target>
+      <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+      <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
    </properties>
    <dependencies>
       <dependency>