diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f567bac..45e7011 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 **/target/
 
+*.iml
 .idea/
 
 out/
diff --git a/ascii-render-api/pom.xml b/ascii-render-api/pom.xml
index a5137ea..0a925bc 100644
--- a/ascii-render-api/pom.xml
+++ b/ascii-render-api/pom.xml
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@
 	</developers>
 
 	<properties>
-		<project.source.version>1.6</project.source.version>
-		<project.target.version>1.6</project.target.version>
+		<project.source.version>8</project.source.version>
+		<project.target.version>8</project.target.version>
 		<project.encoding>UTF-8</project.encoding>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>${project.encoding}</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 	</properties>
diff --git a/ascii-render/pom.xml b/ascii-render/pom.xml
index 68f20d8..2a11a5a 100644
--- a/ascii-render/pom.xml
+++ b/ascii-render/pom.xml
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@
 	</developers>
 
 	<properties>
-		<project.source.version>1.6</project.source.version>
-		<project.target.version>1.6</project.target.version>
+		<project.source.version>8</project.source.version>
+		<project.target.version>8</project.target.version>
 		<project.encoding>UTF-8</project.encoding>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>${project.encoding}</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<junit.version>4.12</junit.version>