diff --git a/asterix-docker/docker/Dockerfile b/asterix-docker/docker/Dockerfile
index 9303bce..4e11474 100644
--- a/asterix-docker/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/asterix-docker/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 RUN echo 'LANG="en_US.UTF-8"' > /etc/sysconfig/i18n ;echo 'ZONE="America/Los_Angeles"' > /etc/sysconfig/clock ;cp -a /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Los_Angeles /etc/localtime
 RUN echo "include_only=.us" >> /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/fastestmirror.conf
-RUN yum install -y unzip java-1.7.0-openjdk openssh-server openssh-clients python-setuptools wget curl
+RUN yum install -y unzip java-1.8.0-openjdk openssh-server openssh-clients python-setuptools wget curl
 RUN easy_install supervisor
 RUN mkdir /asterixdb
 COPY asterix-server*.zip .
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 COPY fbm.adm /asterixdb/fbm.adm
 
 WORKDIR /asterixdb/bin
-ENV JAVA_HOME /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.7.0
+ENV JAVA_HOME /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.8.0
 ENV JAVA_OPTS -Xmx1536m
 EXPOSE 19001 19002 8888 19003 50031