diff --git a/app/build.xml b/app/build.xml
index 4122ed0e8..dbec5d80b 100755
--- a/app/build.xml
+++ b/app/build.xml
@@ -65,9 +65,8 @@
     <!-- env used to set classpath below -->
     <property environment="env" />
 
-    <!-- need to stay at 1.6 until we update ecj.jar -->
-    <javac source="1.6" 
-	   target="1.6" 
+    <javac source="1.7"
+	   target="1.7"
 	   destdir="bin" 
 	   excludes="**/tools/format/**" 
 	   encoding="UTF-8" 
diff --git a/build/build.xml b/build/build.xml
index 614b9d817..3a3a76146 100755
--- a/build/build.xml
+++ b/build/build.xml
@@ -916,7 +916,7 @@ 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="1.6" 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="1.7" splitindex="false" use="false" version="false">
 
       <!-- provide links for java.* classes. 
            also suppresses the java.lang prefix in the text.  --> 
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@ remove the spaces for depth since it should be double dash, but screws up commen
       <arg line="everything -type f -exec rm -rf {} ';'" />
     </exec>
 
-    <javadoc access="public" author="false" classpath="../java/libraries/video/library/jna.jar:../java/libraries/serial/bin:lib/antlr.jar:../core/library/jogl-all.jar:../java/libraries/video/bin:lib/apple.jar:lib/jna.jar:lib/ant-launcher.jar:../java/libraries/pdf/bin:lib/ant.jar:../core/bin:../java/libraries/pdf/library/itext.jar:../java/libraries/video/library/gstreamer-java.jar:lib/org-netbeans-swing-outline.jar:../java/libraries/dxf/bin:bin:../java/libraries/net/bin:../java/libraries/serial/library/jssc.jar:../core/library/gluegen-rt.jar:${java.home}/lib/tools.jar" destdir="javadoc/everything" nodeprecated="false" nodeprecatedlist="false" noindex="false" nonavbar="false" notree="false" source="1.6" splitindex="false" use="false" version="false" noqualifier="all">
+    <javadoc access="public" author="false" classpath="../java/libraries/video/library/jna.jar:../java/libraries/serial/bin:lib/antlr.jar:../core/library/jogl-all.jar:../java/libraries/video/bin:lib/apple.jar:lib/jna.jar:lib/ant-launcher.jar:../java/libraries/pdf/bin:lib/ant.jar:../core/bin:../java/libraries/pdf/library/itext.jar:../java/libraries/video/library/gstreamer-java.jar:lib/org-netbeans-swing-outline.jar:../java/libraries/dxf/bin:bin:../java/libraries/net/bin:../java/libraries/serial/library/jssc.jar:../core/library/gluegen-rt.jar:${java.home}/lib/tools.jar" destdir="javadoc/everything" nodeprecated="false" nodeprecatedlist="false" noindex="false" nonavbar="false" notree="false" source="1.7" splitindex="false" use="false" version="false" noqualifier="all">
 
       <arg value="-notimestamp" />
 
diff --git a/build/shared/tools/MovieMaker/build.xml b/build/shared/tools/MovieMaker/build.xml
index 419914718..7261ece3a 100755
--- 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="1.6" 
-	   source="1.6"
+    <javac target="1.7"
+	   source="1.7"
 	   srcdir="src" 
 	   destdir="bin" 
 	   encoding="UTF-8"
diff --git a/core/build.xml b/core/build.xml
index 3d24eae76..6173a2bd3 100755
--- a/core/build.xml
+++ b/core/build.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
     <mkdir dir="bin" />
     <javac source="1.7"
-	   target="1.7" 
+	   target="1.7"
 	   encoding="UTF-8"
 	   includeAntRuntime="false"
 	   debug="true"
diff --git a/java/libraries/dxf/build.xml b/java/libraries/dxf/build.xml
index 4e77c39aa..626011a2a 100755
--- a/java/libraries/dxf/build.xml
+++ b/java/libraries/dxf/build.xml
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
     <fail unless="core-built" message="Please build the core library first and make sure it sits in ../../../core/library/core.jar" />
     
     <mkdir dir="bin" />
-    <javac source="1.6"
-	   target="1.6" 
+    <javac source="1.7"
+	   target="1.7"
 	   srcdir="src" destdir="bin" 
 	   encoding="UTF-8"
 	   includeAntRuntime="false"
diff --git a/java/libraries/glw/build.xml b/java/libraries/glw/build.xml
index 0b161fe8f..addef0810 100755
--- a/java/libraries/glw/build.xml
+++ b/java/libraries/glw/build.xml
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
     <fail unless="core-built" message="Please build the core library first and make sure it sits in ../../../core/library/core.jar" />
 
     <mkdir dir="bin" />
-    <javac source="1.6"
-	   target="1.6" 
+    <javac source="1.7"
+	   target="1.7"
 	   srcdir="src" destdir="bin" 
 	   encoding="UTF-8"
 	   includeAntRuntime="false"
diff --git a/java/libraries/lwjgl/build.xml b/java/libraries/lwjgl/build.xml
index 280c0ca07..444d9152a 100755
--- a/java/libraries/lwjgl/build.xml
+++ b/java/libraries/lwjgl/build.xml
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
     <fail unless="core-built" message="Please build the core library first and make sure it sits in ../../../core/library/core.jar" />
 
     <mkdir dir="bin" />
-    <javac source="1.6"
-	   target="1.6" 
+    <javac source="1.7"
+	   target="1.7"
 	   srcdir="src" destdir="bin" 
 	   encoding="UTF-8"
 	   includeAntRuntime="false"
diff --git a/java/libraries/net/build.xml b/java/libraries/net/build.xml
index 61adc6a05..584f12415 100755
--- a/java/libraries/net/build.xml
+++ b/java/libraries/net/build.xml
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
     <fail unless="core-built" message="Please build the core library first and make sure it sits in ../../../core/library/core.jar" />
     
     <mkdir dir="bin" />
-    <javac source="1.6"
-	   target="1.6" 
+    <javac source="1.7"
+	   target="1.7"
 	   srcdir="src" destdir="bin" 
 	   encoding="UTF-8"
 	   includeAntRuntime="false"
diff --git a/java/libraries/pdf/build.xml b/java/libraries/pdf/build.xml
index e10313534..c433f9647 100755
--- a/java/libraries/pdf/build.xml
+++ b/java/libraries/pdf/build.xml
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
     <fail unless="core-built" message="Please build the core library first and make sure it sits in ../../../core/library/core.jar" />
     
     <mkdir dir="bin" />
-    <javac source="1.6"
-	   target="1.6" 
+    <javac source="1.7"
+	   target="1.7"
 	   srcdir="src" destdir="bin" 
 	   encoding="UTF-8"
 	   includeAntRuntime="false"
diff --git a/java/libraries/serial/build.xml b/java/libraries/serial/build.xml
index d6b18410e..a7f23bbc8 100755
--- a/java/libraries/serial/build.xml
+++ b/java/libraries/serial/build.xml
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
     <fail unless="core-built" message="Please build the core library first and make sure it sits in ../../../core/library/core.jar" />
 
     <mkdir dir="bin" />
-    <javac source="1.6"
-	   target="1.6" 
+    <javac source="1.7"
+	   target="1.7"
 	   srcdir="src" destdir="bin" 
 	   encoding="UTF-8"
 	   includeAntRuntime="false"
diff --git a/java/libraries/sound/build.xml b/java/libraries/sound/build.xml
index 463f18c57..08d90842c 100755
--- a/java/libraries/sound/build.xml
+++ b/java/libraries/sound/build.xml
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
     <fail unless="core-built" message="Please build the core library first and make sure it sits in ../../../core/library/core.jar" />
 
     <mkdir dir="bin" />
-    <javac source="1.6"
-	   target="1.6" 
+    <javac source="1.7"
+	   target="1.7"
 	   srcdir="src" destdir="bin" 
 	   encoding="UTF-8"
 	   includeAntRuntime="false"
diff --git a/pdex/build.xml b/pdex/build.xml
index 13b900fdc..a628b475e 100644
--- a/pdex/build.xml
+++ b/pdex/build.xml
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@
 
     <mkdir dir="bin" />
 
-    <javac source="1.7" 
-	   target="1.7" 
+    <javac source="1.7"
+	   target="1.7"
 	   destdir="bin" 
 	   encoding="UTF-8" 
 	   debug="off"