diff --git a/spine-libgdx/spine-libgdx/pom.xml b/spine-libgdx/spine-libgdx/pom.xml
index 42200a632..8bdad7bd6 100644
--- a/spine-libgdx/spine-libgdx/pom.xml
+++ b/spine-libgdx/spine-libgdx/pom.xml
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@
 				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
 				<version>3.1</version>
 				<configuration>
-					<source>1.8</source>
-					<target>1.8</target>
+					<source>1.7</source>
+					<target>1.7</target>
 					<fork>true</fork>
 					<showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
 				</configuration>