diff --git a/build/build.xml b/build/build.xml
index 0eb92084c..0117e3933 100644
--- a/build/build.xml
+++ b/build/build.xml
@@ -1273,7 +1273,7 @@ remove the spaces for depth since it should be double dash, but screws up commen
       <arg line="core -type f -exec rm -rf {} ';'" />
     </exec>
 
-    <javadoc access="public" author="false" classpath="../core/library/jogl-all.jar:../core/bin:../core/library/gluegen-rt.jar" destdir="javadoc/core" nodeprecated="false" nodeprecatedlist="false" noindex="false" nonavbar="false" notree="false" source="1.7" splitindex="false" use="false" version="false">
+    <javadoc access="public" author="false" classpath="../core/library/jogl-all.jar:../core/bin:../core/library/gluegen-rt.jar" destdir="javadoc/core" nodeprecated="false" nodeprecatedlist="false" noindex="false" nonavbar="false" notree="false" source="1.8" splitindex="false" use="false" version="false">
 
       <!-- provide links for java.* classes. 
            also suppresses the java.lang prefix in the text.  --> 
diff --git a/build/jre/build.xml b/build/jre/build.xml
index afbf0cace..4fdbee5f0 100644
--- a/build/jre/build.xml
+++ b/build/jre/build.xml
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
   <target name="compile">
     <mkdir dir="bin" />
 
-    <javac source="1.7"
-           target="1.7" 
+    <javac source="1.8"
+           target="1.8" 
 	   srcdir="src" 
            destdir="bin" 
 	   debug="true" 
diff --git a/build/macosx/appbundler/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs b/build/macosx/appbundler/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
index 7341ab168..3a2153707 100644
--- a/build/macosx/appbundler/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
+++ b/build/macosx/appbundler/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 eclipse.preferences.version=1
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.inlineJsrBytecode=enabled
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.7
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.8
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.unusedLocal=preserve
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.7
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.8
 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.source=1.7
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.8
diff --git a/build/shared/tools/MovieMaker/build.xml b/build/shared/tools/MovieMaker/build.xml
index 416992a8c..4669b8500 100644
--- a/build/shared/tools/MovieMaker/build.xml
+++ b/build/shared/tools/MovieMaker/build.xml
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 
   <target name="compile" description="Compile sources">   
     <mkdir dir="bin" />
-    <javac target="1.7"
-	   source="1.7"
+    <javac target="1.8"
+	   source="1.8"
 	   srcdir="src" 
 	   destdir="bin" 
 	   encoding="UTF-8"