diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f2db3607..2b1c8ffe 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
         <downloadSources>true</downloadSources>
         <!-- compiler settings properties -->
         <java_source_version>1.8</java_source_version>
-        <java_target_version>1.<8/java_target_version>
+        <java_target_version>1.8</java_target_version>
         <file_encoding>UTF-8</file_encoding>
         <spring_version>3.2.18.RELEASE</spring_version>
         <maven-jacoco-plugin.version>0.8.3</maven-jacoco-plugin.version>