diff --git a/EssentialsGroupManager/nbproject/project.properties b/EssentialsGroupManager/nbproject/project.properties
index bc26273ba..f7c402c20 100644
--- a/EssentialsGroupManager/nbproject/project.properties
+++ b/EssentialsGroupManager/nbproject/project.properties
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ javac.compilerargs=
 javac.deprecation=false
 javac.processorpath=\
     ${javac.classpath}
-javac.source=1.6
-javac.target=1.6
+javac.source=1.7
+javac.target=1.7
 javac.test.classpath=\
     ${javac.classpath}:\
     ${build.classes.dir}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 393902912..4008ec045 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>3.1</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <source>1.6</source>
-                    <target>1.6</target>
+                    <source>1.7</source>
+                    <target>1.7</target>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>