diff --git a/redis/pom.xml b/redis/pom.xml
index 72f8268a80..a5d3af8097 100644
--- a/redis/pom.xml
+++ b/redis/pom.xml
@@ -32,9 +32,24 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
+    <build>
+        <pluginManagement>
+            <plugins>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>3.5.1</version>
+                    <configuration>
+                        <source>1.8</source>
+                        <target>1.8</target>
+                    </configuration>
+                </plugin>
+            </plugins>
+        </pluginManagement>
+    </build>
+
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-
         <!-- testing -->
         <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
     </properties>