diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index ebb7a2ac..320f811c 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 language: java
 jdk:
-  - openjdk7
-  - oraclejdk7
+  - openjdk8
   - oraclejdk8
-sudo: false
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+sudo: false
+dist: trusty
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b4a1d10e..47069ad7 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>1.7.6</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>