diff --git a/components/certificate-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.certificate.mgt.api/pom.xml b/components/certificate-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.certificate.mgt.api/pom.xml
index 23e5cda947b..2c996857fd1 100644
--- a/components/certificate-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.certificate.mgt.api/pom.xml
+++ b/components/certificate-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.certificate.mgt.api/pom.xml
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
-                    <source>1.7</source>
-                    <target>1.7</target>
+                    <source>1.8</source>
+                    <target>1.8</target>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
diff --git a/components/certificate-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.certificate.mgt.cert.admin.api/pom.xml b/components/certificate-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.certificate.mgt.cert.admin.api/pom.xml
index 10716380d0f..c677b752f55 100644
--- a/components/certificate-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.certificate.mgt.cert.admin.api/pom.xml
+++ b/components/certificate-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.certificate.mgt.cert.admin.api/pom.xml
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
-                    <source>1.7</source>
-                    <target>1.7</target>
+                    <source>1.8</source>
+                    <target>1.8</target>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
diff --git a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.api/pom.xml b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.api/pom.xml
index 8ddee9d04cf..fd837c92cba 100644
--- a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.api/pom.xml
+++ b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.api/pom.xml
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
-                    <source>1.7</source>
-                    <target>1.7</target>
+                    <source>1.8</source>
+                    <target>1.8</target>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
diff --git a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.url.printer/pom.xml b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.url.printer/pom.xml
index 42b42637881..dc42ca600da 100644
--- a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.url.printer/pom.xml
+++ b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.url.printer/pom.xml
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
-                    <source>1.7</source>
-                    <target>1.7</target>
+                    <source>1.8</source>
+                    <target>1.8</target>
                 </configuration>
                 <version>2.3.2</version>
             </plugin>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9305fb7924d..a07b64f3af2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1626,8 +1626,8 @@
                 <version>2.3.2</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
-                    <source>1.7</source>
-                    <target>1.7</target>
+                    <source>1.8</source>
+                    <target>1.8</target>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
@@ -1656,8 +1656,8 @@
                     <version>2.3.2</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
-                        <source>1.7</source>
-                        <target>1.7</target>
+                        <source>1.8</source>
+                        <target>1.8</target>
                     </configuration>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>