diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven.yml b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..747b89069
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# This workflow will build a Java project with Maven, and cache/restore any dependencies to improve the workflow execution time
+# For more information see: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/automating-builds-and-tests/building-and-testing-java-with-maven
+
+name: Java CI with Maven
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "master" ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "master" ]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        java: ['7', '8', '11', '17', '18']
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: Set up JDK 7
+      if: ${{ matrix.java == '7'}}
+      uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+      with:
+        java-version: ${{ matrix.java }}
+    - name: Set up JDK
+      if: ${{ matrix.java != '7'}}
+      uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+      with:
+        java-version: ${{ matrix.java }}
+        distribution: temurin
+        cache: maven
+    - name: Build with Maven
+      run: mvn -B package -Dgpg.skip=true --file pom.xml
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4598b9b2f..0642d2569 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ![metadata-extractor logo](https://cdn.rawgit.com/drewnoakes/metadata-extractor/master/Resources/metadata-extractor-logo.svg)
 
-[![metadata-extractor build status](https://api.travis-ci.org/drewnoakes/metadata-extractor.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/drewnoakes/metadata-extractor)
+[![metadata-extractor build status](https://github.com/drewnoakes/metadata-extractor/actions/workflows/maven.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/drewnoakes/metadata-extractor/actions/workflows/maven.yml)
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diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 78cd8cca9..031679265 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 compileJava {
-    sourceCompatibility = '1.6'
-    targetCompatibility = '1.6'
+    sourceCompatibility = '1.7'
+    targetCompatibility = '1.7'
 
     options.encoding = 'UTF-8'
 }
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d940cce16..3010d9d35 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>3.8.1</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <source>1.6</source>
-                    <target>1.6</target>
+                    <source>1.7</source>
+                    <target>1.7</target>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
                 <version>3.1.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <additionalJOption>${javadoc.opts}</additionalJOption>
-                    <source>1.6</source>
+                    <source>1.7</source>
                     <stylesheetfile>${basedir}/src/main/javadoc/stylesheet.css</stylesheetfile>
                     <show>public</show>
                     <windowtitle>metadata-extractor - Javadoc - Extracts Exif, IPTC, XMP, ICC and other metadata from image and video files</windowtitle>