diff --git a/cadi/client/pom.xml b/cadi/client/pom.xml
index 75d9c49..026b509 100644
--- a/cadi/client/pom.xml
+++ b/cadi/client/pom.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
 	<properties>
+	<scijava.jvm.version>1.8</scijava.jvm.version>
 		<!--  SONAR  -->
 		<sonar.skip>true</sonar.skip>
 		<jacoco.version>0.7.7.201606060606</jacoco.version>