diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs b/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
index 470942d..7bae62b 100644
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 #Thu Jul 28 11:02:36 PDT 2011
 eclipse.preferences.version=1
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.inlineJsrBytecode=enabled
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.6
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.7
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.unusedLocal=preserve
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.6
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.7
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.debug.lineNumber=generate
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.debug.localVariable=generate
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.debug.sourceFile=generate
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.assertIdentifier=error
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.enumIdentifier=error
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.forbiddenReference=warning
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.6
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.7
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.align_type_members_on_columns=false
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.alignment_for_arguments_in_allocation_expression=16
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.alignment_for_arguments_in_enum_constant=16
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1515c32..1a20d0e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <groupId>com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.reviewnotes</groupId>
   <artifactId>reviewnotes</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>2.8</version>
+  <version>2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>reviewnotes</name>
 
   <properties>
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>2.3.2</version>
         <configuration>
-          <source>1.6</source>
-          <target>1.6</target>
+          <source>1.7</source>
+          <target>1.7</target>
           <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>