diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0ecd63de647..d2d443ebe48 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 	<properties>
-   		<maven.compiler.source>6</maven.compiler.source>
-   		<maven.compiler.target>1.6</maven.compiler.target>
+   		<maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
+   		<maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
  	</properties>
 	
 </project>