diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 642ca8fb..9518c8a6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@
 <properties>
   <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 </properties>
+	
+<properties>
+    <maven.compiler.source>1.6</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.target>1.6</maven.compiler.target>
+</properties>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>