diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d543af57f7..75d0f62942 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -195,8 +195,8 @@
         <version>2.3</version>
         <configuration>
           <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
-          <source>1.5</source>
-          <target>1.5</target>
+          <source>1.6</source>
+          <target>1.6</target>
           <debug>true</debug>
           <optimize>true</optimize>
           <showDeprecations>true</showDeprecations>