diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2519598..41dfd01 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
   <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
 
   <properties>
+    <maven.compiler.source>8</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.target>8</maven.compiler.target>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
   </properties>
   <profiles>