diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 382d0d7322b..242fccbff7d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <basedir.parent>./forge-gui</basedir.parent>
         <configSourceDirectory>src/main/config</configSourceDirectory>
+        <maven.compiler.release>8</maven.compiler.release>
     </properties>
 
     <licenses>