diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9ce4fe3..ff78c16 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
-    <java.version>1.5</java.version>
+    <java.version>1.8</java.version>
     <junit.version>4.10</junit.version>
     <fest.version>1.4</fest.version>
     <mockito.version>1.8.5</mockito.version>