diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.regex/.classpath b/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.regex/.classpath
index ad32c83..eca7bdb 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.regex/.classpath
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.regex/.classpath
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <classpath>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.6"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.8"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.pde.core.requiredPlugins"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="src" path="src"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="output" path="bin"/>
diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.regex/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.regex/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 11b7d4d..bfbc154 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.regex/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.regex/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Bundle-Name: RegExTester
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.ui.regex;singleton:=true
 Bundle-Version: 1.4
-Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.6
+Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.8
 Require-Bundle: org.eclipse.ui;bundle-version="3.103.0",
  org.eclipse.ui.ide;bundle-version="3.8.1",
  org.eclipse.core.runtime;bundle-version="3.8.0",