diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index 2fde281..dad034e 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
   <name>Piccolo2D Parent</name>
   <description>A revolutionary way to create robust, full-featured graphical applications in Java and C#, with striking visual effects such as zooming, animation and multiple representations.</description>
   <properties>
-    <jdk.version>1.4</jdk.version>
+    <jdk.version>1.5</jdk.version>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.build.targetEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.targetEncoding>
     <httpbase>http://www.piccolo2d.org/java</httpbase>