diff --git a/ch.psi.plot/.classpath b/ch.psi.plot/.classpath
index 953de0b..ace8266 100644
--- a/ch.psi.plot/.classpath
+++ b/ch.psi.plot/.classpath
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
 		</attributes>
 	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.7">
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.8">
 		<attributes>
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
 		</attributes>
diff --git a/ch.psi.plot/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs b/ch.psi.plot/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
index ec4300d..714351a 100644
--- a/ch.psi.plot/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
+++ b/ch.psi.plot/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 eclipse.preferences.version=1
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.7
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.7
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.8
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.8
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.forbiddenReference=warning
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.7
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.8
diff --git a/ch.psi.plot/pom.xml b/ch.psi.plot/pom.xml
index 4085da2..64b9e06 100644
--- a/ch.psi.plot/pom.xml
+++ b/ch.psi.plot/pom.xml
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@
                                 <version>3.1</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
-					<source>1.7</source>
-					<target>1.7</target>                                              
+					<source>1.8</source>
+					<target>1.8</target>                                              
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin> 
 			<!-- Generate Javadoc Jar -->