diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index b7941a6..0dbe5e2 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 	<target name="compile" depends="copy-resources">
 		<!-- Compile the java code from ${src} into ${build} -->
-		<javac srcdir="${src}" destdir="${build}" classpathref="build.classpath" debug="true" source="1.6" target="1.6"/>
+		<javac srcdir="${src}" destdir="${build}" classpathref="build.classpath" debug="true" source="1.8" target="1.8"/>
 	</target>
 	
 	  <target name="compile-test" depends="compile">