diff --git a/sm-shop-model/pom.xml b/sm-shop-model/pom.xml
index 8445346..281331e 100644
--- a/sm-shop-model/pom.xml
+++ b/sm-shop-model/pom.xml
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@
 		<shopizer.version>2.7.0</shopizer.version>
 		<!-- api documentation -->
 		<swagger.version>2.9.2</swagger.version>
+		<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+		<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
 	</properties>
 
 
@@ -187,4 +189,4 @@
 		<url>https://github.com/shopizer-ecommerce/shopizer-sm-shop-model</url>
 	</scm>
 
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>