[EXEC-111] Update Java requirement from Java 5 to 6.
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 620e3e1..b1cd841 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -262,14 +262,14 @@
 
     <properties>
         <!-- Compiler source and target JVM (see parent pom). Must agree with versions in build.xml -->
-        <maven.compiler.source>1.5</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>1.5</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.source>1.6</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>1.6</maven.compiler.target>
         <test>*Test</test>
         <commons.componentid>exec</commons.componentid>
         <commons.module.name>org.apache.commons.exec</commons.module.name>
         <commons.jira.id>EXEC</commons.jira.id>
         <commons.jira.pid>12310814</commons.jira.pid>
-        <commons.release.version>1.3</commons.release.version>
+        <commons.release.version>1.4</commons.release.version>
         <!-- The RC version used in the staging repository URL. -->
         <commons.rc.version>RC1</commons.rc.version>
         <!-- Tell M2 not to use platform specific encodings for copying resources -->
diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index 23104aa..72265e9 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -27,10 +27,13 @@
             <action issue="EXEC-100" dev="sgoeschl" type="update" date="2016-01-11">
                 Sync org.apache.commons.exec.OS with the newest Ant source file
             </action>
-            <action issue="EXEC-64" dev="sebb" type="update" due-to=" Michael Vorburger">
+            <action issue="EXEC-64" dev="sebb" type="update" due-to="Michael Vorburger">
                 DefaultExecutor swallows IOException cause instead of propagating it
                 (work-round for Java 1.5)
             </action>
+            <action issue="EXEC-111" dev="ggregory" type="update" due-to="Gary Gregory">
+                Update Java requirement from Java 5 to 6.
+            </action>
         </release>
         <release version="1.3" date="2014-11-02" description="Maintenance and feature Release">
             <action issue="EXEC-69" dev="ggregory" type="add" due-to="Richard Atkins, Michael Vorburger">