diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b0edd34b9..e5a6fee36 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -180,6 +180,8 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <maven.build.timestamp.format>yyyyMMddHHmm</maven.build.timestamp.format>
+    <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
     <bundle-manifest>${project.build.directory}/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF</bundle-manifest>
 
     <jgit-last-release-version>5.4.0.201906121030-r</jgit-last-release-version>