diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 97b46fd4..334ac9fb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
   </distributionManagement>
 
   <properties>
-    <javaVersion>7</javaVersion>
+    <javaVersion>8</javaVersion>
     <mavenVersion>3.2.5</mavenVersion>
     <mavenPluginToolsVersion>3.6.4</mavenPluginToolsVersion>
     <project.build.outputTimestamp>2020-04-07T21:04:00Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>