--- misc/build/commons-lang3-3.3-src/default.properties
+++ misc/build/commons-lang3-3.3-src/default.properties
@@ -73,12 +73,12 @@
 # In particular, if you use JDK 1.4+ the generated classes will not be usable
 # for a 1.1 Java VM unless you explicitly set this attribute to the value 1.1 
 # (which is the default value for JDK 1.1 to 1.3).
-compile.target = 1.6
+compile.target = 1.8
 
 # Specifies the source version for the Java compiler.
 # Corresponds to the source attribute for the ant javac task. 
 # Valid values are 1.3, 1.4, 1.5. 
-compile.source = 1.6
+compile.source = 1.8
 
 # Specifies the source encoding.
 compile.encoding = ISO-8859-1