diff --git a/com.ibm.wala.cast.java.test.data/build.xml b/com.ibm.wala.cast.java.test.data/build.xml
index 034ca28f7..60bc4afa7 100644
--- a/com.ibm.wala.cast.java.test.data/build.xml
+++ b/com.ibm.wala.cast.java.test.data/build.xml
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
   <property name="javacVerbose" value="false"/>
   <property name="logExtension" value=".log"/>
   <property name="compilerArg" value=""/>
-  <property name="javacSource" value="1.7"/>
-  <property name="javacTarget" value="1.7"/>
+  <property name="javacSource" value="1.8"/>
+  <property name="javacTarget" value="1.8"/>
 	<!-- This property has been updated to correspond to the paths used by the latest Java update
 	on Mac OS X 10.6 (Java version 1.6.0_22).  If you are not using this version of Mac OS X or Java,
 	try changing the value of the property to "${java.home}/../../../Classes" -->
diff --git a/com.ibm.wala.cast.js.test.data/build.xml b/com.ibm.wala.cast.js.test.data/build.xml
index b623ea825..b53464aec 100644
--- a/com.ibm.wala.cast.js.test.data/build.xml
+++ b/com.ibm.wala.cast.js.test.data/build.xml
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 	<property name="javacVerbose" value="false"/>
 	<property name="logExtension" value=".log"/>
 	<property name="compilerArg" value=""/>
-	<property name="javacSource" value="1.5"/>
-	<property name="javacTarget" value="1.5"/>
+	<property name="javacSource" value="1.8"/>
+	<property name="javacTarget" value="1.8"/>
 	<!-- This property has been updated to correspond to the paths used by the latest Java update
 	on Mac OS X 10.6 (Java version 1.6.0_22).  If you are not using this version of Mac OS X or Java,
 	try changing the value of the property to "${java.home}/../../../Classes" -->
diff --git a/com.ibm.wala.dalvik.test/build.xml b/com.ibm.wala.dalvik.test/build.xml
index f5e6b2e7e..f3ce35012 100644
--- a/com.ibm.wala.dalvik.test/build.xml
+++ b/com.ibm.wala.dalvik.test/build.xml
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 	<property name="javacVerbose" value="false"/>
 	<property name="logExtension" value=".log"/>
 	<property name="compilerArg" value=""/>
-	<property name="javacSource" value="1.5"/>
-	<property name="javacTarget" value="1.5"/>
+	<property name="javacSource" value="1.8"/>
+	<property name="javacTarget" value="1.8"/>
 	<!-- This property has been updated to correspond to the paths used by the latest Java update
 	on Mac OS X 10.6 (Java version 1.6.0_22).  If you are not using this version of Mac OS X or Java,
 	try changing the value of the property to "${java.home}/../../../Classes" -->
diff --git a/com.ibm.wala.dalvik/build.xml b/com.ibm.wala.dalvik/build.xml
index b083f8f52..ad85de705 100755
--- a/com.ibm.wala.dalvik/build.xml
+++ b/com.ibm.wala.dalvik/build.xml
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
   <property name="javacVerbose" value="false"/>
   <property name="logExtension" value=".log"/>
   <property name="compilerArg" value=""/>
-  <property name="javacSource" value="1.5"/>
-  <property name="javacTarget" value="1.5"/>
+  <property name="javacSource" value="1.8"/>
+  <property name="javacTarget" value="1.8"/>
   <property name="dir_bootclasspath" value="${java.home}/lib"/>
   <path id="path_bootclasspath">
     <fileset dir="${dir_bootclasspath}">