diff --git a/ProtocolLib/pom.xml b/ProtocolLib/pom.xml
index 898dadc9..2fe3081d 100644
--- a/ProtocolLib/pom.xml
+++ b/ProtocolLib/pom.xml
@@ -219,6 +219,13 @@
   </developers>
 
   <dependencies>
+    <!-- Included with Minecraft
+    <dependency>
+	  <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+	  <artifactId>netty-all</artifactId>
+	  <version>4.0.23.Final</version>
+    </dependency>
+    -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.spigotmc</groupId>
       <artifactId>spigot-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/ProtocolLib/src/main/java/com/comphenix/protocol/utility/MinecraftReflection.java b/ProtocolLib/src/main/java/com/comphenix/protocol/utility/MinecraftReflection.java
index 695c9fe6..e5f20495 100644
--- a/ProtocolLib/src/main/java/com/comphenix/protocol/utility/MinecraftReflection.java
+++ b/ProtocolLib/src/main/java/com/comphenix/protocol/utility/MinecraftReflection.java
@@ -1652,22 +1652,18 @@ public class MinecraftReflection {
 		return getMinecraftClass("TileEntity");
 	}
 
-	private static Class<?> gsonClass = null;
-
 	/**
 	 * Retrieve the Gson class used by Minecraft.
 	 * @return The Gson class.
 	 */
 	public static Class<?> getMinecraftGsonClass() {
-		if (gsonClass == null) {
-			try {
-				return gsonClass = getClass("org.bukkit.craftbukkit.libs.com.google.gson.Gson");
-			} catch (RuntimeException e) {
-				return gsonClass = getClass("com.google.gson.Gson");
-			}
+		try {
+			return getMinecraftLibraryClass("com.google.gson.Gson");
+		} catch (RuntimeException e) {
+			Class<?> match = FuzzyReflection.fromClass(PacketType.Status.Server.OUT_SERVER_INFO.getPacketClass(), true)
+					.getFieldByType("(.*)(google.gson.Gson)").getType();
+			return setMinecraftLibraryClass("com.google.gson.Gson", match);
 		}
-
-		return gsonClass;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -1998,6 +1994,31 @@ public class MinecraftReflection {
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Retrieve the class object of a specific Minecraft library class.
+	 * @param className - the specific library Minecraft class.
+	 * @return Class object.
+	 * @throws RuntimeException If we are unable to find the given class.
+	 */
+	public static Class<?> getMinecraftLibraryClass(String className) {
+		if (libraryPackage == null)
+			libraryPackage = new CachedPackage("", getClassSource());
+		return libraryPackage.getPackageClass(className);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Set the class object for the specific library class.
+	 * @param className - name of the Minecraft library class.
+	 * @param clazz - the new class object.
+	 * @return The provided clazz object.
+	 */
+	private static Class<?> setMinecraftLibraryClass(String className, Class<?> clazz) {
+		if (libraryPackage == null)
+			libraryPackage = new CachedPackage("", getClassSource());
+		libraryPackage.setPackageClass(className, clazz);
+		return clazz;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Dynamically retrieve the NetworkManager name.
 	 * @return Name of the NetworkManager class.
diff --git a/ProtocolLib/src/test/java/com/comphenix/protocol/wrappers/nbt/io/NbtConfigurationSerializerTest.java b/ProtocolLib/src/test/java/com/comphenix/protocol/wrappers/nbt/io/NbtConfigurationSerializerTest.java
index 8a2232bd..f037f698 100644
--- a/ProtocolLib/src/test/java/com/comphenix/protocol/wrappers/nbt/io/NbtConfigurationSerializerTest.java
+++ b/ProtocolLib/src/test/java/com/comphenix/protocol/wrappers/nbt/io/NbtConfigurationSerializerTest.java
@@ -16,14 +16,13 @@ public class NbtConfigurationSerializerTest {
 	public static void initializeBukkit() {
 		BukkitInitialization.initializePackage();
 	}
-	
-	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+
 	@Test
 	public void testSerialization() {
 		NbtCompound compound = NbtFactory.ofCompound("hello");
 		compound.put("age", (short) 30);
 		compound.put("name", "test");
-		compound.put("values", new int[] { 1, 2, 3});
+		compound.put("values", new int[] { 1, 2, 3 });
 		compound.put(NbtFactory.ofList("telephone", "12345678", "81549300"));
 		
 		compound.put(NbtFactory.ofList("lists", NbtFactory.ofList("", "a", "a", "b", "c")));
diff --git a/modules/TinyProtocol/pom.xml b/modules/TinyProtocol/pom.xml
index e08b0248..027464f0 100644
--- a/modules/TinyProtocol/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/TinyProtocol/pom.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
   <name>TinyProtocol</name>
   <description>Intercept packets without ProtocolLib.</description>
 
+  <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+  </properties>
+
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.comphenix.protocol</groupId>
     <artifactId>ProtocolLib-Parent</artifactId>
@@ -38,8 +42,8 @@
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>3.0</version>
         <configuration>
-          <source>1.6</source>
-          <target>1.6</target>
+          <source>1.7</source>
+          <target>1.7</target>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
 
@@ -77,12 +81,12 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.spigotmc</groupId>
       <artifactId>spigot-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.8.7-R0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.8.8-R0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.spigotmc</groupId>
       <artifactId>spigot</artifactId>
-      <version>1.8.7-R0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.8.8-R0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5f4a90f5..361fe62d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
   <version>v3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>ProtocolLib-Parent</name>
 
+  <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+  </properties>
+
   <modules>
     <module>ProtocolLib</module>
     <module>modules/v1_7_R4</module>