diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/Java/pom.mustache b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/Java/pom.mustache
index 425b525cc55..1548c4ebf62 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/Java/pom.mustache
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/Java/pom.mustache
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>2.3.2</version>
         <configuration>
-          <source>1.6</source>
-          <target>1.6</target>
+          <source>1.7</source>
+          <target>1.7</target>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>