diff --git a/org.eclipse.jdt.astview/build.properties b/org.eclipse.jdt.astview/build.properties
index ddb3928..d961380 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jdt.astview/build.properties
+++ b/org.eclipse.jdt.astview/build.properties
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@
 
 source.. = src/
 output.. = bin/
-jre.compilation.profile = JavaSE-1.7
+jre.compilation.profile = JavaSE-1.8
 javacDefaultEncoding.. = UTF-8