diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 19ee4305a8..012e53c89f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <plugins>
+      plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+            <configuration>
+                <source>1.8</source>
+                <target>1.8</target>
+            </configuration>
+        </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <!-- Build an executable JAR -->
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>