diff --git a/src/it/rpm-artifact/pom.xml b/src/it/rpm-artifact/pom.xml
index b9f6ba36..27497f21 100644
--- a/src/it/rpm-artifact/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/rpm-artifact/pom.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/src/it/rpm-reactor/rpm-rpm/pom.xml b/src/it/rpm-reactor/rpm-rpm/pom.xml
index 829461f8..70d3360c 100644
--- a/src/it/rpm-reactor/rpm-rpm/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/rpm-reactor/rpm-rpm/pom.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/src/it/rpm-reactor/rpm-war/pom.xml b/src/it/rpm-reactor/rpm-war/pom.xml
index aff3899f..509a1538 100644
--- a/src/it/rpm-reactor/rpm-war/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/rpm-reactor/rpm-war/pom.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/src/it/rpm-sign-with-keyname-lookup/pom.xml b/src/it/rpm-sign-with-keyname-lookup/pom.xml
index 9fd052a8..b3d43067 100644
--- a/src/it/rpm-sign-with-keyname-lookup/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/rpm-sign-with-keyname-lookup/pom.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
     <disableSigning>true</disableSigning>
   </properties>