diff --git a/maven-java/pom.xml b/maven-java/pom.xml
index 7f8eae08e0..5b98bddafb 100644
--- a/maven-java/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-java/pom.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+    <maven.compiler.release>8</maven.compiler.release>
     <maven.version>3.3.9</maven.version>
   </properties>