diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2b271215cfba56a4e9765390d565c45dbc014ef3..9ed88d4ea65e6082fd85b931ed2575f21c2fd08d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.1</version>
+        <version>3.8.1</version>
         <configuration>
-          <source>1.6</source>
-          <target>1.6</target>
+          <source>1.8</source>
+          <target>1.8</target>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>