diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 7cf9b27dc..d5071bf47 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@
 			deprecation="true"
 			destdir="${build}"
 			srcdir="${src}"
-			target="1.7"
-			source="1.7"
+			target="1.8"
+			source="1.8"
 			encoding="UTF-8"
 			fork="true"
             memoryinitialsize="256m"