diff --git a/opennlp-ml/pom.xml b/opennlp-ml/pom.xml
index bb08451..df88c96 100644
--- a/opennlp-ml/pom.xml
+++ b/opennlp-ml/pom.xml
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
 				<configuration>
-					<source>1.5</source>
-					<target>1.5</target>
+					<source>1.7</source>
+					<target>1.7</target>
           			<compilerArgument>-Xlint</compilerArgument>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>