diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f405712..fdd083b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@
 		<distroDirectory>distro</distroDirectory>
 		<tomcat.version>8.0.42</tomcat.version>
 		<jersey.version>2.25.1</jersey.version>
-		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>	
+		<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+		<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
 	</properties>
 
 	<scm>