diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index 3e550628c..4c92d911f 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -42,5 +42,10 @@
             <artifactId>slf4j-jdk14</artifactId>
             <version>1.6.4</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
+            <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
+            <version>1.3.167</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index eedd10682..d89eae879 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -116,14 +116,14 @@
   <build>
       <pluginManagement>
         <plugins>
-          <!-- Ensure compilation is done under Java 5 for backwards compatibility -->
+          <!-- Ensure compilation is done under Java 6 for backwards compatibility -->
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
             <version>2.3.2</version>
             <configuration>
-              <source>1.5</source>
-              <target>1.5</target>
+              <source>1.6</source>
+              <target>1.6</target>
               <showDeprecation>true</showDeprecation>
               <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
             </configuration>