PROTON-1913: require Java 8, i.e drop Java 7 support
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index ea88e4f..34aca76 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 language: java
 sudo: false
 jdk:
-  - openjdk7
+  - openjdk8
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6f0dcd4..1f9c0f8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@
   <name>Proton-J Parent</name>
 
   <properties>
-    <maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
-    <maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
+    <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
 
     <!-- Test dependency versions -->
     <junit-version>4.12</junit-version>