diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0d07dfd..9ff9d36 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
   
 <properties>
    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+   <maven.compiler.source>1.6</maven.compiler.source>
+   <maven.compiler.target>1.6</maven.compiler.target>
 </properties>  
   
   <dependencies>