diff --git a/jaxws/make/build.properties b/jaxws/make/build.properties
index ed598102aa9..a7d8d0670fe 100644
--- a/jaxws/make/build.properties
+++ b/jaxws/make/build.properties
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
 # one of the standard user build.properties files (see build.xml)
 
 # options for the <javac> tasks used to compile the tools
-javac.source = 5
-javac.target = 5
+javac.source = 7
+javac.target = 7
 javac.debug = true
 javac.no.jdk.warnings = -XDignore.symbol.file=true
 # set the following to -version to verify the versions of javac being used