--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
     <junit printsummary="yes" haltonfailure="yes">
       <classpath>
        <pathelement path="classes" />
+       <pathelement path="lib/junit3.8.1/junit.jar" />
       </classpath>
       <batchtest fork="no" todir=".">
         <fileset dir="classes">
--- a/src/org/javacc/jjdoc/build.xml
+++ b/src/org/javacc/jjdoc/build.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
     <javac srcdir="${javacc.root}/src"
            destdir="${javacc.root}/classes"
            debug="${build.compiler.debug}"
-           source="1.4"
+           source="8"
+           target="8"
            classpath="${javacc.root}/classes">
     </javac>
   </target>
--- a/src/org/javacc/jjtree/build.xml
+++ b/src/org/javacc/jjtree/build.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
     <javac srcdir="${javacc.root}/src"
            destdir="${javacc.root}/classes"
            debug="${build.compiler.debug}"
-           source="1.4"
+           source="8"
+           target="8"
            classpath="${javacc.root}/classes">
     </javac>
   </target>
--- a/src/org/javacc/parser/build.xml
+++ b/src/org/javacc/parser/build.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
     <javac srcdir="${javacc.root}/src"
            destdir="${javacc.root}/classes"
            debug="${build.compiler.debug}"
-           source="1.4"
+           source="8"
+           target="8"
            classpath="${javacc.root}/classes:${junit.jar}">
     </javac>
   </target>
--- a/test/imports/build.xml
+++ b/test/imports/build.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
     <javac srcdir="out-dir"
            destdir="out-dir"
-           source="1.4"
+           source="8"
+           target="8"
 	   debug="true"
            classpath="../../bin/lib/javacc.jar">
     </javac>
--- a/test/javaFiles/build.xml
+++ b/test/javaFiles/build.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
     <javac srcdir="out-dir"
            destdir="out-dir/static"
-           source="1.4"
+           source="8"
+           target="8"
 	   debug="true"
            classpath="../../bin/lib/javacc.jar">
     </javac>
@@ -74,7 +75,8 @@ THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
     <javac srcdir="out-dir"
            destdir="out-dir/non-static"
-           source="1.4"
+           source="8"
+           target="8"
 	   debug="true"
            classpath="../../bin/lib/javacc.jar">
     </javac>
@@ -99,7 +101,8 @@ THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
     <javac srcdir="out-dir"
            destdir="out-dir/non-static"
-           source="1.4"
+           source="8"
+           target="8"
 	   debug="true"
            classpath="../../bin/lib/javacc.jar">
     </javac>
@@ -126,7 +129,8 @@ THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
     <javac srcdir="out-dir"
            destdir="out-dir/non-static"
-           source="1.4"
+           source="8"
+           target="8"
 	   debug="true"
            classpath="../../bin/lib/javacc.jar">
     </javac>
@@ -152,7 +156,8 @@ THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
     <javac srcdir="out-dir"
            destdir="out-dir/non-static"
-           source="1.4"
+           source="8"
+           target="8"
 	   debug="true"
            classpath="../../bin/lib/javacc.jar">
     </javac>
--- a/test/javacodeLA/build.xml
+++ b/test/javacodeLA/build.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
     <javac srcdir="out-dir"
            destdir="out-dir"
-           source="1.4"
+           source="8"
+           target="8"
 	   debug="true"
            classpath="../../bin/lib/javacc.jar">
     </javac>
--- a/test/lom/build.xml
+++ b/test/lom/build.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
     <javac srcdir="out-dir"
            destdir="out-dir"
-           source="1.4"
+           source="8"
+           target="8"
            debug="true"
            classpath="../../bin/lib/javacc.jar">
     </javac>