diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
index 937e0ba9..8501dcb0 100644
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ To use maven add this dependency to your pom.xml:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>org.java-websocket</groupId>
   <artifactId>Java-WebSocket</artifactId>
-  <version>1.4.0</version>
+  <version>1.4.1</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ mavenCentral()
 ```
 Then you can just add the latest version to your build.
 ```xml
-compile "org.java-websocket:Java-WebSocket:1.4.0"
+compile "org.java-websocket:Java-WebSocket:1.4.1"
 ```
 
 #### Logging
@@ -109,8 +109,7 @@ Minimum Required JDK
 
 `Java-WebSocket` is known to work with:
 
- * Java 1.6 and higher
- * Android 4.0 and higher
+ * Java 1.7 and higher
 
 Other JRE implementations may work as well, but haven't been tested.
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f07640a8..8f809397 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <groupId>org.java-websocket</groupId>
     <artifactId>Java-WebSocket</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
-    <version>1.4.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <name>Java-WebSocket</name>
     <description>A barebones WebSocket client and server implementation written 100% in Java</description>
     <url>https://github.com/TooTallNate/Java-WebSocket</url>
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@
                     <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                     <version>${maven.compiler.plugin.version}</version>
                     <configuration>
-                        <source>1.6</source>
-                        <target>1.6</target>
+                        <source>1.7</source>
+                        <target>1.7</target>
                     </configuration>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>