diff --git a/build-applet.xml b/build-applet.xml
index d27b4420..86c12b4a 100644
--- a/build-applet.xml
+++ b/build-applet.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 		<copy todir="${build.dir}">
 			<fileset dir="${script.dir}" includes="${script.name}.lua,${image.name}"/>
 		</copy>
-		<javac destdir="${build.dir}/classes" source="1.4" target="1.4" 
+		<javac destdir="${build.dir}/classes" source="1.8" target="1.8" 
 			classpath="${luaj.jar}" srcdir="${java.dir}" includes="${java.name}.java"/>
 	</target>
 
diff --git a/build-midlet.xml b/build-midlet.xml
index 89457961..73cdd467 100644
--- a/build-midlet.xml
+++ b/build-midlet.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 			<pathelement path="lib/midpapi20.jar"/>
 			<pathelement path="lib/mmapi.jar"/>
 		</path>
-		<javac destdir="build/classes" encoding="utf-8" source="1.3" target="1.2" bootclasspathref="wtk-libs"
+		<javac destdir="build/classes" encoding="utf-8" source="1.8" target="1.8" bootclasspathref="wtk-libs"
 			srcdir="build/midlet/src"/>
 	</target>