diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 3088f83..d23cf1f 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
   <target name="test-compile" depends="init,compile">
     <mkdir dir="${test-out}"/>
-    <javac srcdir="${test-src}" destdir="${test-out}" source="1.6" target="1.6" encoding="UTF-8" debug="true" includeantruntime="false">
+    <javac srcdir="${test-src}" destdir="${test-out}" source="1.8" target="1.8" encoding="UTF-8" debug="true" includeantruntime="false">
       <classpath path="${out}"/>
       <classpath refid="junit"/>
     </javac>