diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 2f21a03..df6bcdc 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 language: java
 jdk:
 - oraclejdk8
-- openjdk7
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8eff6b1..88a806b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@
 
   <build>
     <plugins>
-      <!-- Use Java 7 for compilation -->
+      <!-- Use Java 8 for compilation -->
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>3.3</version>
         <configuration>
-          <source>1.7</source>
-          <target>1.7</target>
+          <source>1.8</source>
+          <target>1.8</target>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>