diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index efc3c43..bfa425f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@
     <url>http://aws.amazon.com/sdkforjava</url>
 
     <properties>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+	    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+	    <maven.compiler.source>1.6</maven.compiler.source>
+	    <maven.compiler.target>1.6</maven.compiler.target>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>