diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f761ce2..8ff0d20 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@
           <artifactId>tycho-compiler-plugin </artifactId>
           <version>${tycho-version}</version>
           <configuration>
-              <source>1.5</source>
-              <target>1.5</target>
+              <source>1.6</source>
+              <target>1.6</target>
           </configuration>
       </plugin>
   </plugins>
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
 				<configuration>
 					<sourceEncoding>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</sourceEncoding>
 					<minimumTokens>100</minimumTokens>
-					<targetJdk>1.5</targetJdk>
+					<targetJdk>1.6</targetJdk>
 					<format>xml</format>
 					<failOnViolation>false</failOnViolation>
 				</configuration>