diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c7ffba3d07b5e6999685fe68421cf590a872a463..9caf0f3bf9cecc0477e68a875815218bd3474b01 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>