diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7cc8855c9e0..55917313e89 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@
 					<configuration>
 						<sourceEncoding>utf-8</sourceEncoding>
 						<minimumTokens>100</minimumTokens>
-						<targetJdk>1.5</targetJdk>
+						<targetJdk>1.6</targetJdk>
 						<format>xml</format>
 						<failOnViolation>false</failOnViolation>
 					</configuration>