diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index b8c7e07..361a61f 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -73,4 +73,5 @@ test {
 
 tasks.withType(JavaCompile).configureEach {
     options.encoding = 'UTF-8' // Use the UTF-8 charset for Java compilation
+    options.release = 8
 }