diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bccd0f6..3872808 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@
 	</scm>
 	<properties>
 		<!-- Convenience property to set the GWT version -->
-		<gwtVersion>2.7.0</gwtVersion>
+		<gwtVersion>2.8.2</gwtVersion>
 		<distroDirectory>distro</distroDirectory>
 		<liferay.version>6.2.5</liferay.version>
-		<maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
-		<maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
+		<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+		<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 	</properties>