diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e63d6c9..7087576 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>		
 		<jackson.version>2.9.1</jackson.version>
+		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
 	</properties>
 	
 	<repositories>
@@ -178,14 +179,14 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.3</version>
+				<version>3.7.0</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<!-- <verbose>true</verbose>
 		          	<fork>true</fork> -->
-		         	<executable>${env.JAVA7_HOME}/bin/javac</executable>
-					<compilerVersion>1.7</compilerVersion>
-					<source>1.7</source>
-					<target>1.7</target>
+		         	<!-- <executable>${env.JAVA7_HOME}/bin/javac</executable> -->
+					<compilerVersion>2.0</compilerVersion>
+					<source>${java.version}</source>
+					<target>${java.version}</target>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 			<!-- <plugin>
@@ -240,9 +241,9 @@
 				<configuration>
 					<configFile>${project.basedir}/Format.xml</configFile>
 					<overrideConfigCompilerVersion>true</overrideConfigCompilerVersion>
-					<compilerSource>1.7</compilerSource>
-					<compilerCompliance>1.7</compilerCompliance>
-					<compilerTargetPlatform>1.7</compilerTargetPlatform>
+					<compilerSource>${java.version}</compilerSource>
+					<compilerCompliance>${java.version}</compilerCompliance>
+					<compilerTargetPlatform>${java.version}</compilerTargetPlatform>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>