diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 830fe6e1..adb58b39 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		<maven.compiler.source>1.6</maven.compiler.source>
-		<maven.compiler.target>1.6</maven.compiler.target>
+		<maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
+		<maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>