diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 797c8a3..712dfdc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -548,8 +548,8 @@
 					<verbose>true</verbose>
 					<fork>true</fork>
 					<compilerArgument>-nowarn</compilerArgument>
-					<source>1.6</source>
-					<target>1.6</target>
+					<source>1.7</source>
+					<target>1.7</target>
 					<encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>