diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1f3563f..4f6bac5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     <groupId>com.twineworks</groupId>
     <artifactId>collections</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
-    <version>1.1.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.2.0</version>
 
     <name>${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}</name>
     <description>Special purpose collections for Java.</description>
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@
 
 
     <properties>
-        <maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <skipTests>false</skipTests>
     </properties>
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.0.0-M1</version>
+                        <version>3.1.0</version>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <goals>
@@ -170,43 +170,6 @@
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
 
-            <!-- code coverage -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
-                <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>0.7.9</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>prepare-agent</id>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>prepare-agent</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>report</id>
-                        <phase>prepare-package</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>report</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>post-unit-test</id>
-                        <phase>test</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>report</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <!-- Sets the path to the file which contains the execution data. -->
-                            <dataFile>target/jacoco.exec</dataFile>
-                            <!-- Sets the output directory for the code coverage report. -->
-                            <outputDirectory>target/jacoco-ut</outputDirectory>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-                <configuration>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
             <!-- tests -->
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>