diff --git a/sci-types-project/pom.xml b/sci-types-project/pom.xml
index 3953194..b37c514 100644
--- a/sci-types-project/pom.xml
+++ b/sci-types-project/pom.xml
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>3.3</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <source>1.7</source>
-                    <target>1.7</target>
+                    <source>1.8</source>
+                    <target>1.8</target>
                     <optimize>true</optimize>
                     <debug>true</debug>
                     <encoding>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</encoding>
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>0.7.5.201505241946</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>default-prepare-agent</id>