diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index 28b24f1..42cd872 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ in the JRE lib/security directory with the ones that you downloaded).
 
 == Building
 
-:jdkversion: 1.7
+:jdkversion: 1.8
 
 === Basic Compile and Test
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 573ce7c..419fa25 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-cloud-build</artifactId>
-		<version>2.3.2.RELEASE</version>
+		<version>2.3.4.RELEASE</version>
 		<relativePath/>
 	</parent>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>