1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 55551b8..384f7bb 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ if RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /java/
     # this is basically the same as running from the commandline:
     # rmvn dependency:build-classpath -Dsnakeyaml.version='use version from Psych::DEFAULT_SNAKEYAML_VERSION here'
     Maven::Ruby::Maven.new.exec('dependency:build-classpath', "-Dsnakeyaml.version=#{Psych::DEFAULT_SNAKEYAML_VERSION}", '-Dverbose=true')
-    ext.source_version = '1.7'
-    ext.target_version = '1.7'
+    ext.source_version = '1.8'
+    ext.target_version = '1.8'
     ext.classpath = File.read('pkg/classpath')
     ext.ext_dir = 'ext/java'
   end