diff --git a/forge-gui-desktop/pom.xml b/forge-gui-desktop/pom.xml
index 06d329414aa..89d932e1eab 100644
--- a/forge-gui-desktop/pom.xml
+++ b/forge-gui-desktop/pom.xml
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@
 										<preCp>anything</preCp>
 									</classPath>
 									<jre>
-										<minVersion>1.7.0</minVersion>
+										<minVersion>1.8.0</minVersion>
 										<maxHeapSize>1024</maxHeapSize>
 									</jre>
 									<versionInfo>
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@
 										<preCp>anything</preCp>
 									</classPath>
 									<jre>
-										<minVersion>1.7.0</minVersion>
+										<minVersion>1.8.0</minVersion>
 										<maxHeapSize>1024</maxHeapSize>
 									</jre>
 									<versionInfo>
diff --git a/forge-gui-ios/pom.xml b/forge-gui-ios/pom.xml
index d640d93c387..4a1c0cc368d 100644
--- a/forge-gui-ios/pom.xml
+++ b/forge-gui-ios/pom.xml
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
-                    <source>1.7</source>
-                    <target>1.7</target>
+                    <source>1.8</source>
+                    <target>1.8</target>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/forge-gui-mobile/pom.xml b/forge-gui-mobile/pom.xml
index d24ac344de8..d89dea6527a 100644
--- a/forge-gui-mobile/pom.xml
+++ b/forge-gui-mobile/pom.xml
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
 				<configuration>
-					<source>1.7</source>
-					<target>1.7</target>
+					<source>1.8</source>
+					<target>1.8</target>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3ad664e8618..f8ba967748b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -269,8 +269,8 @@
                     <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                     <version>3.1</version>
                     <configuration>
-                        <source>1.7</source>
-                        <target>1.7</target>
+                        <source>1.8</source>
+                        <target>1.8</target>
                     </configuration>
                 </plugin>