diff --git a/.classpath b/.classpath
index 61d6ab1..a33150f 100644
--- a/.classpath
+++ b/.classpath
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@
 	</classpathentry>
 	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.junit.JUNIT_CONTAINER/4"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="con" path="com.google.gwt.eclipse.core.GWT_CONTAINER"/>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER">
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.7">
 		<attributes>
-			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
+			<attribute name="owner.project.facets" value="java"/>
 		</attributes>
 	</classpathentry>
 	<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/classes"/>
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
index c78d932..4f92af5 100644
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <faceted-project>
-  <installed facet="java" version="1.6"/>
   <installed facet="jst.utility" version="1.0"/>
+  <installed facet="java" version="1.7"/>
 </faceted-project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2e49aed..89e4405 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 	<properties>
 		<gwtVersion>2.7.0</gwtVersion>
 		<distroDirectory>distro</distroDirectory>
-		<!-- GWT needs at least java 1.6 -->
 		<maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
 		<maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
 
@@ -106,8 +105,8 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
 				<configuration>
-					<source>1.6</source>
-					<target>1.6</target>
+					<source>1.7</source>
+					<target>1.7</target>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>