diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3b92bad3..fd4d5f97 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <netty.version>4.0.24.Final</netty.version>
-        <source.version>1.6</source.version>
-        <target.version>1.6</target.version>
+        <source.version>1.7</source.version>
+        <target.version>1.7</target.version>
     </properties>
     
     <groupId>org.eclipse.moquette</groupId>