diff --git a/plugins/alfresco-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/plugins/alfresco-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 5e9fffd5..eea1bae5 100644
--- a/plugins/alfresco-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/alfresco-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -14,15 +14,6 @@
 
   <build>
     <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.2</version>
-        <configuration>
-            <source>1.8</source>
-            <target>1.8</target>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 92f8445c..439e8085 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
         <maven.archetype.version>2.2</maven.archetype.version>
         <alfresco.sdk.parent.version>${project.version}</alfresco.sdk.parent.version>
         <alfresco.community.default.version>5.0.d</alfresco.community.default.version>
@@ -188,12 +190,10 @@
             <id>sdk-release</id>
             <properties>
                 <maven.site.url>https://artifacts.alfresco.com/nexus/content/repositories/alfresco-docs/alfresco-sdk-aggregator/latest</maven.site.url>
-                <maven.release.version>2.5.1</maven.release.version>
+                <maven.release.version>2.5.2</maven.release.version>
                 <maven.release.goals>deploy site-deploy</maven.release.goals>
                 <maven.site.version>3.4</maven.site.version>
                 <maven.changes.version>2.10</maven.changes.version>
-	        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-                <maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
             </properties>
             <build>
                 <plugins>
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
                                     <goal>jar</goal>
                                 </goals>
                                 <configuration>
-	                                <additionalparam>-Xdoclint:none</additionalparam>
+                                    <additionalparam>-Xdoclint:none</additionalparam>
                                 </configuration>
                             </execution>
                         </executions>
diff --git a/poms/alfresco-sdk-parent/pom.xml b/poms/alfresco-sdk-parent/pom.xml
index 14c74dc9..abe2039e 100644
--- a/poms/alfresco-sdk-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/poms/alfresco-sdk-parent/pom.xml
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@
 
         <!-- Maven Plugins Versions used by the SDK -->
         <maven.compiler.version>3.2</maven.compiler.version>
-        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
         <maven.clean.version>2.6.1</maven.clean.version>
         <maven.dependency.version>2.9</maven.dependency.version>
         <maven.enforcer.plugin>1.4</maven.enforcer.plugin>
@@ -853,12 +853,6 @@
                                             <regex>^(5\.(0\.[d-z1-9]|[1-9])|6\.).*$</regex>
                                         </requireProperty>
 
-                                        <!-- Test for JDK version -->
-                                        <requireJavaVersion>
-                                            <version>[1.8.0,)</version>
-                                            <message>Alfresco 5.0.d and 5.0.1 runs on JDK8</message>
-                                        </requireJavaVersion>
-
                                         <!-- Test for Maven version -->
                                         <requireMavenVersion>
                                             <version>3.2.2</version>