diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2b3b78e..72bc5a1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@
 	<artifactId>bletools</artifactId>
 	<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
+	
+	<properties>
+		<java-version>1.6</java-version>
+	</properties>
+	
 
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>