diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 23ec158..2d339a6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -17,5 +17,22 @@
             <url>http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php</url>
         </license>
     </licenses>
+    <build>
+        <pluginManagement>
+            <plugins>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>3.1</version>
+                    <configuration>
+                        <source>1.7</source>
+                        <target>1.7</target>
+                        <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+                    </configuration>
+                </plugin>
+            </plugins>
+        </pluginManagement>
+    </build>
+
 
 </project>
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