[DOXIATOOLS-70] Require Java 8
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 021991b..205bcaf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
   </distributionManagement>
   
   <properties>
-    <javaVersion>7</javaVersion>
+    <javaVersion>8</javaVersion>
     <project.build.outputTimestamp>2020-04-07T21:04:00Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/linkcheck/validation/HTTPLinkValidatorTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/linkcheck/validation/HTTPLinkValidatorTest.java
index e7447c7..0d6f67f 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/linkcheck/validation/HTTPLinkValidatorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/linkcheck/validation/HTTPLinkValidatorTest.java
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@
 
             this.hlv = new OnlineHTTPLinkValidator();
 
-            assertEquals( LinkcheckFileResult.VALID_LEVEL, checkLink( "http://www.apache.org" ).getStatus() );
+            // http://www.apache.org is being redirected to https://www.apache.org
+            assertEquals( LinkcheckFileResult.WARNING_LEVEL, checkLink( "http://www.apache.org" ).getStatus() );
+            assertEquals( LinkcheckFileResult.VALID_LEVEL, checkLink( "https://www.apache.org" ).getStatus() );
             assertEquals( LinkcheckFileResult.ERROR_LEVEL, checkLink( "http://www.example.com>);" ).getStatus() );
         }
         else