diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 28abd5d..21b63de 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@
   </dependencies>
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <javaVersion>1.6</javaVersion>
+    <javaVersion>1.8</javaVersion>
     <httpClientVersion>4.3.6</httpClientVersion>
-    <apacheRatVersion>0.12</apacheRatVersion>
+    <apacheRatVersion>0.13</apacheRatVersion>
   </properties>
   <issueManagement>
     <system>JIRA</system>