diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 772be3b..53ed51e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
         <slf4j.version>1.7.22</slf4j.version>
         <guava.version>21.0</guava.version>
         <mockito.version>1.10.19</mockito.version>
+        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>