diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 45b5818..d492ab9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@
 
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
+		
+		
+	  <maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
+ 
 	</properties>
 
 	<profiles>