[MRESOURCES-245] - Upgrade to JDK 7 minimum.
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d4e7b6a..b9e071b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
     <mavenFilteringVersion>3.1.1</mavenFilteringVersion>
     <mavenVersion>3.0</mavenVersion>
     <surefire.version>2.21.0</surefire.version>
+    <javaVersion>7</javaVersion>
   </properties>
 
   <contributors>