diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6aee9687..f8a9da1e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -64,6 +64,15 @@
                 <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
             </plugin>
+                 <plugin>
+              <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+              <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+              <version>3.8.1</version>
+              <configuration>
+                 <source>1.8</source>
+                  <target>1.8</target>
+              </configuration>
+          </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>