diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ef3e8c61639eefa3536c2b02f501ab3f254813d7..5781477022253c51a5dd7e6ce9374fdc0c50a722 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>sc.fiji</groupId>
 		<artifactId>pom-bigdataviewer</artifactId>
-		<version>3.0.0</version>
+		<version>3.1.0</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>bigdataviewer_fiji</artifactId>
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@
 	</ciManagement>
 
 	<properties>
-		<scijava.jvm.version>1.7</scijava.jvm.version>
+		<scijava.jvm.version>1.8</scijava.jvm.version>
+		<enforcer.skip>true</enforcer.skip>
 	</properties>
 
 	<repositories>