diff --git a/installer/pom.xml b/installer/pom.xml
index 2c1d6f5c5..b21dd3f9f 100644
--- a/installer/pom.xml
+++ b/installer/pom.xml
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
-                    <source>1.7</source>
-                    <target>1.7</target>
+                    <source>1.8</source>
+                    <target>1.8</target>
                     <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fef389718..d8de4fed8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -166,8 +166,8 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
-                    <source>1.7</source>
-                    <target>1.7</target>
+                    <source>1.8</source>
+                    <target>1.8</target>
                     <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>