diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 407b22a..10895ef 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
+    <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source> <!-- Updated to Java 8 -->
+    <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target> <!-- Updated to Java 8 -->
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>