diff --git a/cmd/pom2bp/pom2bp.go b/cmd/pom2bp/pom2bp.go
index 3fb445480..6d1caf978 100644
--- a/cmd/pom2bp/pom2bp.go
+++ b/cmd/pom2bp/pom2bp.go
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ var bpDepsTemplate = template.Must(template.New("bp").Parse(`
         {{- end}}
     ],
     {{- end}}
-    java_version: "1.7",
+    java_version: "1.8",
 }
 `))
 
diff --git a/cmd/pom2mk/pom2mk.go b/cmd/pom2mk/pom2mk.go
index b3471556a..5ca770eca 100644
--- a/cmd/pom2mk/pom2mk.go
+++ b/cmd/pom2mk/pom2mk.go
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ LOCAL_STATIC_ANDROID_LIBRARIES :={{if .IsAar}} \
   {{.MkName}}-nodeps{{end}}{{range .MkAarDeps}}  \
   {{.}}{{end}}
 LOCAL_JAR_EXCLUDE_FILES := none
-LOCAL_JAVA_LANGUAGE_VERSION := 1.7
+LOCAL_JAVA_LANGUAGE_VERSION := 1.8
 LOCAL_USE_AAPT2 := true
 include $(BUILD_STATIC_JAVA_LIBRARY)
 `))