diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml

index 2c22915..0e2f669 100644

--- a/build.xml

+++ b/build.xml

@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@

   </target>

   <target name="compile" depends="init">

-    <javac destdir="build/classes" debug="true" source="1.5" target="1.5" deprecation="true" encoding="UTF-8">

+    <javac destdir="build/classes" debug="true" source="1.8" target="1.8" deprecation="true" encoding="UTF-8">

        <src path="src"/>

     </javac>

   </target>

   <target name="compile-tests" depends="compile">

-    <javac destdir="build/test-classes" debug="true" source="1.5" target="1.5" deprecation="true" encoding="UTF-8">

+    <javac destdir="build/test-classes" debug="true" source="1.8" target="1.8" deprecation="true" encoding="UTF-8">

        <classpath>

          <pathelement location="build/classes"/>

        </classpath>