diff --git a/.classpath b/.classpath
index cc4ed8e..93d7344 100644
--- a/.classpath
+++ b/.classpath
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <classpath>
 	<classpathentry kind="src" path=""/>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.7"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.8"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="lib/ant.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="lib/hamcrest-core-1.3.jar"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="lib" path="lib/junit-4.12.jar"/>
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs b/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
index f42de36..0c68a61 100644
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 eclipse.preferences.version=1
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.inlineJsrBytecode=enabled
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.7
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.7
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.8
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.8
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.assertIdentifier=error
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.enumIdentifier=error
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.7
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.8
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index cd5f72d..9ed11d8 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <target name="javac" depends="init" description="Java source build">
     <mkdir dir="classes"/>
     <!-- then compile -->
-    <javac srcdir="." destdir="classes" debug="on" nowarn="true" source="1.7" target="1.7" includeantruntime="false">
+    <javac srcdir="." destdir="classes" debug="on" nowarn="true" source="1.8" target="1.8" includeantruntime="false">
       <include name="**/*.java"/>
     </javac>
     <copy file="xmltask.properties" todir="classes"/>
diff --git a/lib/ant.jar b/lib/ant.jar
index 3bebb5c..4a7f8ed 100644
Binary files a/lib/ant.jar and b/lib/ant.jar differ
diff --git a/xmltask.properties b/xmltask.properties
index e3c24a1..3d3e3d6 100644
--- a/xmltask.properties
+++ b/xmltask.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-com.oopsconsultancy.xmltask.version = 1.17
+com.oopsconsultancy.xmltask.version = 1.18