diff --git a/nbproject/build-impl.xml b/nbproject/build-impl.xml
index 4eef826249b980c61623f0d14ce9c7d694f878c0..9211d8423582c2a35b8c080b1cbb9abb6ce27563 100644
--- a/nbproject/build-impl.xml
+++ b/nbproject/build-impl.xml
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ is divided into following sections:
         <property file="${user.properties.file}"/>
         <!-- The two properties below are usually overridden -->
         <!-- by the active platform. Just a fallback. -->
-        <property name="default.javac.source" value="1.6"/>
-        <property name="default.javac.target" value="1.6"/>
+        <property name="default.javac.source" value="1.8"/>
+        <property name="default.javac.target" value="1.8"/>
     </target>
     <target depends="-pre-init,-init-private,-init-user" name="-init-project">
         <property file="nbproject/configs/${config}.properties"/>