diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 022a621..79c1dff 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
 
     <groupId>nl.goodbytes.util</groupId>
     <artifactId>linkdetector</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
     <properties>
-        <maven.compiler.source>7</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>7</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.source>8</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>8</maven.compiler.target>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index ec0f3fe..ba313a0 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ Fragment starting at index 125, ending at index 162 (exclusive) is not a link:
 ## Build / Compilation
 
 This project should be compatible with any version of Java that is not _ancient_. It _should_ be compatible with 
-Java 1.4, but to circumvent some issues with modern build tooling, its project descriptor defines 1.7.
+Java 1.4, but to circumvent some issues with modern build tooling, its project descriptor defines 1.8.
 
 The project can be built using standard [Maven](https://maven.apache.org/) invocations, like this: