diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 26304866..0772a842 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <artifactId>amazon-kinesis-client</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Amazon Kinesis Client Library for Java</name>
-  <version>1.7.5</version>
+  <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <description>The Amazon Kinesis Client Library for Java enables Java developers to easily consume and process data
     from Amazon Kinesis.
   </description>
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@
           <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>3.2</version>
           <configuration>
-            <source>1.7</source>
-            <target>1.7</target>
+            <source>1.8</source>
+            <target>1.8</target>
             <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
           </configuration>
         </plugin>