diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d980fb7..effdeb8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@
     </dependencies>
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <maven.compiler.source>1.5</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>1.5</maven.compiler.target>
-        <sonar.java.source>1.5</sonar.java.source>
+        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+        <sonar.java.source>1.8</sonar.java.source>
     </properties>
 </project>