diff --git a/hawkbit-dmf/hawkbit-dmf-api/pom.xml b/hawkbit-dmf/hawkbit-dmf-api/pom.xml
index 841e3423e..2840c857f 100644
--- a/hawkbit-dmf/hawkbit-dmf-api/pom.xml
+++ b/hawkbit-dmf/hawkbit-dmf-api/pom.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@
     <artifactId>hawkbit-dmf-api</artifactId>
     <name>hawkBit :: DMF :: API</name>
 
+    <properties>
+        <java.version>8</java.version>
+    </properties>
+
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>