diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dfe28f6..c6e3ffc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <default.encoding>UTF-8</default.encoding>
+    <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>