diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 86f3954..83ea487 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
-		<java.version>1.6</java.version>
+		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
 		<junit.version>4.10</junit.version>
 
 		<!-- Common libs -->