diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4d500e9fb..8d4ff7fc7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ This repository houses the Java SDK for Optimizely's Full Stack product.
 
 #### Gradle
 
-The SDK is available through Bintray. The core-api and httpclient Bintray packages are [optimizely-sdk-core-api](https://bintray.com/optimizely/optimizely/optimizely-sdk-core-api)
+The SDK is available through Bintray and is created with source and target compatibility of 1.7. The core-api and httpclient Bintray packages are [optimizely-sdk-core-api](https://bintray.com/optimizely/optimizely/optimizely-sdk-core-api)
 and [optimizely-sdk-httpclient](https://bintray.com/optimizely/optimizely/optimizely-sdk-httpclient) respectively. To install, place the
 following in your `build.gradle` and substitute `VERSION` for the latest SDK version available via Bintray:
 
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 0d6ebc9f0..605826e37 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ subprojects {
     apply plugin: 'me.champeau.gradle.jmh'
     apply plugin: 'nebula.optional-base'
 
-    sourceCompatibility = 1.6
-    targetCompatibility = 1.6
+    sourceCompatibility = 1.7
+    targetCompatibility = 1.7
 
     repositories {
         jcenter()