[COMPRESS-360] Update Java requirement from 6 to 7.
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7b50d13..9bed784 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@
   </description>
 
   <properties>
-    <maven.compiler.source>1.6</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>1.6</maven.compiler.target>
+    <maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
     <commons.componentid>compress</commons.componentid>
     <commons.jira.id>COMPRESS</commons.jira.id>
     <commons.jira.pid>12310904</commons.jira.pid>
diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index db34746..050799f 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,11 @@
     <title>commons-compress</title>
   </properties>
   <body>
-    <release version="1.13" date="not released, yet">
+    <release version="1.13" date="not released, yet" 
+             description="Release 1.13 - API compatible to 1.12 but requires Java 7 at runtime.">
+      <action issue="COMPRESS-360" type="update" date="2016-04-09" dev="ggregory">
+        Update Java requirement from 6 to 7.
+      </action>
     </release>
     <release version="1.12" date="2016-06-21"
              description="Release 1.12 - API compatible to 1.11 but requires Java 6 at runtime.