use Doxia 1.8
diff --git a/doxia-doc-renderer/pom.xml b/doxia-doc-renderer/pom.xml
index e3643db..76131de 100644
--- a/doxia-doc-renderer/pom.xml
+++ b/doxia-doc-renderer/pom.xml
@@ -124,6 +124,12 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.velocity</groupId>
       <artifactId>velocity</artifactId>
       <version>1.5</version>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- misc -->
@@ -154,6 +160,25 @@
           </systemProperties>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin><!-- TODO remove when minimum Java set to 7 -->
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>enforce-bytecode-version</id>
+            <configuration>
+              <rules>
+                <enforceBytecodeVersion>
+                  <excludes>
+                    <exclude>org.apache.maven.doxia:doxia-module-markdown</exclude>
+                    <exclude>org.nibor.autolink:autolink</exclude>
+                  </excludes>
+                </enforceBytecodeVersion>
+              </rules>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/doxia-site-renderer/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/siterenderer/EntitiesVerifier.java b/doxia-site-renderer/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/siterenderer/EntitiesVerifier.java
index 698aa39..fb34027 100644
--- a/doxia-site-renderer/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/siterenderer/EntitiesVerifier.java
+++ b/doxia-site-renderer/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/siterenderer/EntitiesVerifier.java
@@ -108,7 +108,8 @@
 
         HtmlAnchor a = (HtmlAnchor) elementIterator.next();
         assertNotNull( a );
-        assertEquals( "section_name_with_entities:____", a.getAttribute( "name" ) );
+        assertEquals( "section_name_with_entities:_.27.26.27_.27.CE.91.27_.27.C2.A0.27_.27.3F.3F.27",
+                      a.getAttribute( "name" ) );
 
         div = (HtmlDivision) elementIterator.next();
         assertNotNull( div );
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 290eedf..8c2c540 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
   </distributionManagement>
 
   <properties>
-    <doxiaVersion>1.7</doxiaVersion>
+    <doxiaVersion>1.8</doxiaVersion>
     <maven.site.path>doxia-sitetools-archives/doxia-sitetools-LATEST</maven.site.path>
   </properties>