diff --git a/fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/pom.xml b/fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/pom.xml
index 70c663d..4cf9745 100644
--- a/fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/pom.xml
+++ b/fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatapp/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.compat</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoopcompatapp</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoopcompatapp</name>
 
   <parent>
@@ -147,8 +146,9 @@
       	<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
       	<version>2.0.2</version>
         <configuration>
-          <source>1.6</source>
-          <target>1.6</target>
+          <source>1.7</source>
+          <target>1.7</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
diff --git a/fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatclient/pom.xml b/fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatclient/pom.xml
index 2f0b00f..f52536c 100644
--- a/fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatclient/pom.xml
+++ b/fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompatclient/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.compat</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoopcompatclient</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoopcompatclient</name>
 
   <parent>
@@ -33,13 +32,14 @@
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>2.0.2</version>
         <configuration>
-          <source>1.6</source>
-          <target>1.6</target>
+          <source>1.7</source>
+          <target>1.7</target>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>appassembler-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.3</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <configuration>
diff --git a/fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompathelper/pom.xml b/fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompathelper/pom.xml
index 1e029be..c397a72 100644
--- a/fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompathelper/pom.xml
+++ b/fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/hadoopcompathelper/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples.compat</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoopcompathelper</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoopcompathelper</name>
 
   <parent>
@@ -32,8 +31,9 @@
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>2.0.2</version>
         <configuration>
-          <source>1.6</source>
-          <target>1.6</target>
+          <source>1.7</source>
+          <target>1.7</target>
+          <fork>true</fork>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/pom.xml b/fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/pom.xml
index a2cf5ae..16787ca 100644
--- a/fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/pom.xml
+++ b/fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hadoop-compat-example/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>edu.uci.ics.hyracks.examples</groupId>
   <artifactId>hadoop-compat-example</artifactId>
-  <version>0.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>hadoop-compat-example</name>