diff --git a/circle.yml b/circle.yml
index 06a693ca..13fd35ac 100644
--- a/circle.yml
+++ b/circle.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ general:
       - gh-pages # list of branches to ignore
 machine:
   java:
-    version: oraclejdk7
+    version: oraclejdk8
   environment:
     _JAVA_OPTIONS: "-Xms1024m -Xmx2048m"
 dependencies: