diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.txt b/RELEASE_NOTES.txt
index 08be07c..bc4f601 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.txt
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 
                               KijiREST Release Notes
 
+Version 1.5.0
+  * POM-40. Require JDK 7 to compile Kiji projects.
+
 Version 1.4.0
   * REST-133. Make Kiji/KijiTable connection expiration configurable
   * REST-105. Add endpoint to gracefully (or forcefully) shut down server.
diff --git a/build-resources/pom.xml b/build-resources/pom.xml
index 371a1c2..cb8e5e9 100644
--- a/build-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/build-resources/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.kiji.rest</groupId>
     <artifactId>kiji-rest-root</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/cdh4/pom.xml b/cdh4/pom.xml
index 1e54a23..2446cd7 100644
--- a/cdh4/pom.xml
+++ b/cdh4/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.kiji.rest</groupId>
     <artifactId>kiji-rest-root</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/cdh5/pom.xml b/cdh5/pom.xml
index 598bc40..dab32dd 100644
--- a/cdh5/pom.xml
+++ b/cdh5/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.kiji.rest</groupId>
     <artifactId>kiji-rest-root</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/kiji-rest/pom.xml b/kiji-rest/pom.xml
index eccda7d..deb0746 100644
--- a/kiji-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/kiji-rest/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.kiji.rest</groupId>
     <artifactId>kiji-rest-root</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/load-testing/pom.xml b/load-testing/pom.xml
index 9bbfa10..6cbeb45 100644
--- a/load-testing/pom.xml
+++ b/load-testing/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.kiji.rest</groupId>
     <artifactId>kiji-rest-root</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/plugin-archetype/pom.xml b/plugin-archetype/pom.xml
index 054b3d8..e4b3233 100644
--- a/plugin-archetype/pom.xml
+++ b/plugin-archetype/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.kiji.rest</groupId>
     <artifactId>kiji-rest-root</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b8732fc..4df91c2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@
 
   <groupId>org.kiji.rest</groupId>
   <artifactId>kiji-rest-root</artifactId>
-  <version>1.4.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.kiji.pom</groupId>
     <artifactId>root-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>1.1.8</version>
+    <version>1.2.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <name>The Kiji REST Servlet top-level project</name>
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
-    <kiji-schema.version>1.5.0</kiji-schema.version>
-    <kiji-scoring.version>0.16.0</kiji-scoring.version>
-    <kiji-mapreduce.version>1.2.9</kiji-mapreduce.version>
-    <fake-hbase.version>0.1.5</fake-hbase.version>
+    <kiji-schema.version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</kiji-schema.version>
+    <kiji-scoring.version>0.17.0-SNAPSHOT</kiji-scoring.version>
+    <kiji-mapreduce.version>1.3.0-SNAPSHOT</kiji-mapreduce.version>
+    <fake-hbase.version>0.2.0-SNAPSHOT</fake-hbase.version>
     <dropwizard.version>0.6.2</dropwizard.version>
     <guava.version>14.0.1</guava.version>
   </properties>
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@
           </dependency>
         </dependencies>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
 
     <pluginManagement>
@@ -159,5 +163,4 @@
     <url>scm:git:git@github.com:kijiproject/kiji-rest.git</url>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:kijiproject/kiji-rest.git</developerConnection>
   </scm>
-
 </project>