diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4ea96f5..c97acdb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		<java.version>1.5</java.version>
+		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
 		<gson.version>2.3.1</gson.version>
 	</properties>