diff --git a/sonar-project.properties b/sonar-project.properties
index 559389b90..9fe88e7dc 100644
--- a/sonar-project.properties
+++ b/sonar-project.properties
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ sonar.jacoco.reportPath=target/jacoco/test.exec
 
 # The value of the property must be the key of the language.
 sonar.language=java
-sonar.java.source=1.7
+sonar.java.source=1.8
 
 # Encoding of the source code. Default is default system encoding
 sonar.sourceEncoding=UTF-8