diff --git a/rm-community/rm-community-rest-api-explorer/pom.xml b/rm-community/rm-community-rest-api-explorer/pom.xml
index 6db1f474dc..404e57bbee 100644
--- a/rm-community/rm-community-rest-api-explorer/pom.xml
+++ b/rm-community/rm-community-rest-api-explorer/pom.xml
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 
    <properties>
       <alfresco.api.explorer.version>1.4</alfresco.api.explorer.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>