diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..de650704
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+
+target
+*.iml
+.idea
+
+.project
+.settings
+.classpath
+.factorypath
+
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d387dcc8..14897431 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
         <project.version>2.0.2</project.version>
         <endorsed.dir>${project.build.directory}/endorsed</endorsed.dir>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <maven.compiler.source>8</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>8</maven.compiler.target>
     </properties>
 
     <modules>
@@ -22,4 +24,4 @@
         <module>kafka-eagle-core</module>
         <module>kafka-eagle-plugin</module>
     </modules>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>