diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index 5b9aa083..4f2b916e 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -199,8 +199,8 @@
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
-                    <source>1.7</source>
-                    <target>1.7</target>
+                    <source>1.8</source>
+                    <target>1.8</target>
                     <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
                     <showDeprecation>true</showDeprecation>
                     <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>