diff --git a/maven/pom.xml b/maven/pom.xml
index fb30fc588e588..eed8624a398bf 100644
--- a/maven/pom.xml
+++ b/maven/pom.xml
@@ -239,8 +239,8 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                     <configuration>
-                        <source>1.7</source>
-                        <target>1.7</target>
+                        <source>1.8</source>
+                        <target>1.8</target>
                         <debug>true</debug>
                         <encoding>utf-8</encoding>
                         <optimize>true</optimize>