diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2f771dd..b5052cf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -62,6 +62,15 @@
 					</execution>
 				</executions>
 			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+		        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+		        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+		        <version>3.1</version>
+		        <configuration>
+		            <source>1.8</source>
+		            <target>1.8</target>
+		        </configuration>
+		    </plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 
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