Upgrade to Java 1.8 baseline
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d22344a..8086928 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@
       <name>Paul Smith</name>
       <email>psmith@apache.org</email>
     </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <id>mattsicker</id>
+      <name>Matt Sicker</name>
+      <email>mattsicker@apache.org</email>
+    </developer>
   </developers>
   <contributors>
     <contributor>
@@ -139,8 +144,8 @@
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
-          <source>1.6</source>
-          <target>1.6</target>
+          <source>1.8</source>
+          <target>1.8</target>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>