diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 3518c40..eff2f60 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
         <sequential>
             <pathconvert property="classpathProp" refid="classpath"/>
             <echo>Classpath is ${classpathProp}</echo>
-            <javac2 destdir="@{dest}" classpathref="classpath" verbose="false" debug="true" source="1.6" target="1.6"
+            <javac2 destdir="@{dest}" classpathref="classpath" verbose="false" debug="true" source="1.8" target="1.8"
                     includeantruntime="false">
                 <src path="${src}"/>
                 <src path="${test.src}"/>