diff --git a/asterix/asterix-aql/pom.xml b/asterix/asterix-aql/pom.xml
index 7ac2cbb..fa1791d 100644
--- a/asterix/asterix-aql/pom.xml
+++ b/asterix/asterix-aql/pom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>asterix</artifactId>
@@ -13,8 +14,9 @@
 				<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>
@@ -36,14 +38,15 @@
 						<goals>
 							<goal>jjdoc</goal>
 						</goals>
-                        <phase>process-sources</phase>
+						<phase>process-sources</phase>
 					</execution>
 				</executions>
 			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 		<pluginManagement>
 			<plugins>
-				<!--This plugin's configuration is used to store Eclipse m2e settings only. It has no influence on the Maven build itself.-->
+				<!--This plugin's configuration is used to store Eclipse m2e settings 
+					only. It has no influence on the Maven build itself. -->
 				<plugin>
 					<groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
 					<artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
@@ -64,6 +67,7 @@
 										</versionRange>
 										<goals>
 											<goal>jjdoc</goal>
+											<goal>javacc</goal>
 										</goals>
 									</pluginExecutionFilter>
 									<action>