diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6c5bda9..dd495de 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -58,15 +58,15 @@ After build, there is a jar under `target/streaming-java-template-$VERSION.jar`.
> NOTE:
>
-> Please use Java7 to run the cluster.
+> Please use Java8 to run the cluster because Gearpump 0.8.0 only support Java 8.
>
> You can set the ENV JAVA_HOME.
> On windows:
-> set JAVA_HOME={path_to_java_7}
+> set JAVA_HOME={path_to_java_8}
>
> On Linux
-> export JAVA_HOME={path_to_java_7}
+> export JAVA_HOME={path_to_java_8}
# Examples description
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f90ee9c..41ac8d4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
com.github.intel-hadoop
streaming-java-template
- gearpump0.7.5
+ 0.8.0
0.8.0