diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dc41fa6..95d020f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@
 
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		<maven.compiler.target>1.6</maven.compiler.target>
-		<maven.compiler.source>1.6</maven.compiler.source>
+		<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+		<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
 		<nxparser.version>1.2.10</nxparser.version>
 	</properties>