diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/building.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/building.adoc
index 0375a590..7c5fd395 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/building.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/building.adoc
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-:jdkversion: 1.7
+:jdkversion: 1.8
 
 include::https://raw.githubusercontent.com/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-build/master/docs/src/main/asciidoc/building-base.adoc[]