diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c819744..7275ca7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@
 
 	<properties>
 		<!-- Convenience property to set the GWT version -->
-		<gwtVersion>2.7.0</gwtVersion>
+		<gwtVersion>2.8.2</gwtVersion>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-		<maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
+		<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
 		<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
 	</properties>