diff --git a/src/examples/maven/pom.xml b/src/examples/maven/pom.xml
index d291a5512..abd5bc60b 100644
--- a/src/examples/maven/pom.xml
+++ b/src/examples/maven/pom.xml
@@ -8,15 +8,15 @@
     <properties>
          <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
          <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-	 <maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
-  	 <maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
+	 <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+  	 <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
     </properties>
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>jdeb</artifactId>
                 <groupId>org.vafer</groupId>
-                <version>1.11</version>
+                <version>1.12</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <phase>package</phase>