diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2b6d311a487..943d2ebe9da 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -189,8 +189,8 @@
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>3.0</version>
         <configuration>
-          <source>1.6</source>
-          <target>1.6</target>
+          <source>1.7</source>
+          <target>1.7</target>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>