diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6c703824..63eeccd4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0
                       http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>3.1</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <source>1.7</source>
-                    <target>1.7</target>
+                    <source>1.8</source>
+                    <target>1.8</target>
                     <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>