diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5af011ae43..eb5850fdec 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
    <properties>
       <alfresco.db.params>AUTO_SERVER=TRUE;DB_CLOSE_ON_EXIT=FALSE;LOCK_TIMEOUT=10000;MVCC=FALSE;LOCK_MODE=0;IGNORECASE=TRUE</alfresco.db.params>
       <maven.alfresco.includeDependencies>false</maven.alfresco.includeDependencies>
-      <maven.build.sourceVersion>1.7</maven.build.sourceVersion>
+      <maven.build.sourceVersion>1.8</maven.build.sourceVersion>
       <maven.build.testSourceVersion>1.8</maven.build.testSourceVersion>
       <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
       <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>