diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e6f7caf..0b42815 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@
   <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
 
   <properties>
-    <jdk.version>7</jdk.version>
+    <jdk.version>8</jdk.version>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.build.targetEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.targetEncoding>
     <maven.compiler.source>8</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>7</maven.compiler.target>
+    <maven.compiler.target>8</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>