Issue #702
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 402d92b..eb4b01e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@
             <configuration>
               <rules>
                 <requireJavaVersion>
-                  <version>[1.7-40,)</version>
-                  <message>[ERROR] OLD JDK [${java.version}] in use. Jetty ${project.version} requires JDK 1.7.0_40 or newer</message>
+                  <version>[1.8,)</version>
+                  <message>[ERROR] OLD JDK [${java.version}] in use. Jetty ${project.version} requires JDK 1.8.0 or newer</message>
                 </requireJavaVersion>
                 <versionOsgiRule implementation="org.eclipse.jetty.toolchain.enforcer.rules.RequireOsgiCompatibleVersionRule" />
               </rules>
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
-          <source>1.7</source>
-          <target>1.7</target>
+          <source>1.8</source>
+          <target>1.8</target>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <!-- Build helper maven plugin sets the parsedVersion.osgiVersion property -->
@@ -91,12 +91,12 @@
             <configuration>
               <instructions>
                 <_versionpolicy>[$(version;==;$(@)),$(version;+;$(@)))</_versionpolicy>
-                <Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment>J2SE-1.7</Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment>
+                <Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment>JavaSE-1.8</Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment>
                 <Bundle-DocURL>${bundle-doc-url}</Bundle-DocURL>
                 <Bundle-Vendor>Eclipse Jetty Project</Bundle-Vendor>
                 <Bundle-Name>${bundle-name}</Bundle-Name>
                 <Bundle-SymbolicName>${bundle-symbolic-name}</Bundle-SymbolicName>
-                <Bundle-Copyright>Copyright (c) 2008-2015 Mort Bay Consulting Pty. Ltd.</Bundle-Copyright>
+                <Bundle-Copyright>Copyright (c) 2008-2016 Mort Bay Consulting Pty. Ltd.</Bundle-Copyright>
                 <Export-Package>
                   org.eclipse.jetty.alpn.*;version="${parsedVersion.majorVersion}.${parsedVersion.minorVersion}.${parsedVersion.incrementalVersion}"
                 </Export-Package>