--- a/nashorn/make/project.properties	Tue Aug 19 11:25:14 2014 +0200
+++ b/nashorn/make/project.properties	Tue Aug 19 18:14:45 2014 +0530
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 
 # source and target levels
 build.compiler=modern
-javac.source=1.7
-javac.target=1.7
+javac.source=1.8
+javac.target=1.8
 
 # nashorn version information
 nashorn.version=0.1