diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ad4c88a..df167fc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
     <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>
 
     <scm>