diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 490dc5cb..2a5c536d 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@
 		<mkdir dir="${dir.build}" />
 
 		<!-- compile -->
-		<javac srcdir="${dir.source}:${dir.test}" destdir="${dir.build}" target="1.7" source="1.7" encoding="utf-8" debug="true" debuglevel="lines,vars,source" includeAntRuntime="false">
+		<javac srcdir="${dir.source}:${dir.test}" destdir="${dir.build}" target="1.8" source="1.8" encoding="utf-8" debug="true" debuglevel="lines,vars,source" includeAntRuntime="false">
 			<classpath>
 				<fileset dir="${dir.lib}" includes="*.jar" />
 				<pathelement location="${dir.lib}/build/junit.jar" />