diff --git a/circle.yml b/circle.yml
index 7201d9d1f..df3c57ab6 100644
--- a/circle.yml
+++ b/circle.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 machine:
   java:
-    version: oraclejdk7
+    version: oraclejdk8
 general:
   artifacts:
     - "target/*.jar"