diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index df720bd4..6cc880a8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 	</modules>
 	<url>https://spring.io/spring-cloud</url>
 	<properties>
-		<java.version>1.7</java.version>
+		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
 		<resource.delimiter>@</resource.delimiter> <!-- delimiter that doesn't clash with Spring ${} placeholders -->
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>