diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f01e1b30..f2db3607 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@
         <maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip>
         <downloadSources>true</downloadSources>
         <!-- compiler settings properties -->
-        <java_source_version>1.7</java_source_version>
-        <java_target_version>1.7</java_target_version>
+        <java_source_version>1.8</java_source_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>
@@ -370,15 +370,42 @@
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-                <artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.7</version>
+                <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
+                <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-jacoco-plugin.version}</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>prepare-agent</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <destFile>
+                                ${project.build.directory}/coverage-reports/jacoco.exec
+                            </destFile>
+                            <propertyName>jacocoArgLine</propertyName>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>report</id>
+                        <phase>test</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>report</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <dataFile>${project.build.directory}/coverage-reports/jacoco.exec</dataFile>
+                            <outputDirectory>${project.reporting.outputDirectory}/jacoco</outputDirectory>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-surefire.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <formats>
-                        <format>html</format>
-                        <format>xml</format>
-                    </formats>
-                    <check />
+                    <useSystemClassLoader>true</useSystemClassLoader>
+                    <forkMode>once</forkMode>
+                    <argLine>${jacocoArgLine}</argLine>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <!-- javadoc -->