diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0f182a0..0144868 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@
 *.jar
 *.war
 *.ear
+
+target/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cb8e1c7..56314e7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.7.0</version>
+                <version>3.8.0</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <source>1.7</source>
-                    <target>1.7</target>
+                    <source>1.8</source>
+                    <target>1.8</target>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>