diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 02404b949f0c6e09a6ec31fcf9fb73a2e56754ff..8bcb8c954a11bb6a25f82f98f6f2c7d1cd09dadd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@
 	<artifactId>si-example-persistence</artifactId>
 	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
+	<properties>
+		<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+		<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+	</properties>
+	
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>junit</groupId>