3 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
index be60b2a7..fb8632f4 100644
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ The text of the license is included in the file LICENSE in the root of the proje
 Java Runtime Requirement
 ------------------------------------
 
-Gitblit requires at Java 6 Runtime Environment (JRE) or a Java 6 Development Kit (JDK).
+Gitblit requires at Java 7 Runtime Environment (JRE) or a Java 7 Development Kit (JDK).
 
 Getting help
 ------------
diff --git a/build.moxie b/build.moxie
index 87677373..4e567b47 100644
--- a/build.moxie
+++ b/build.moxie
@@ -68,12 +68,12 @@ resourceDirectories:
 - compile 'src/main/resources'
 - site 'src/site/resources'
 
-# compile for Java 6 class format
+# compile for Java 7 class format
 tasks: {
 	'mx:javac' : {
-        source: 1.6
-        target: 1.6
-        compiler: javac1.6
+        source: 1.7
+        target: 1.7
+        compiler: javac1.7
         encoding: UTF-8
         # stop complaints about bootstrap classpath when compiling with Java 7
         compilerArgs: '-Xlint:-options'
diff --git a/releases.moxie b/releases.moxie
index e79782b6..1d260905 100644
--- a/releases.moxie
+++ b/releases.moxie
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ r22: {
     title: ${project.name} ${project.version} released
     id: ${project.version}
     date: ${project.buildDate}
-    note: ~
+    note: Gitblit now requires Java 7 for build & runtime.
     html: ~
     text: ~
     security: ~
@@ -24,12 +24,14 @@ r22: {
     - Option to allow LDAP users to directly authenticate without performing LDAP searches (pr-162)
     - Replace JCommander with args4j to be consistent with other tools (ticket-28)
     - Sort repository urls by descending permissions and by transport security within equal permissions
+    - Move to Java 7
     additions:
     - Added an SSH daemon with public key authentication (issue-369, ticket-6)
     - Added beginnings of a plugin framework for extending Gitblit (issue-381, ticket-23)
     - Added a French translation (pr-163)
     - Added a setting to control what transports may be used for pushes
     dependencyChanges:
+    - Java 7
     - args4j 2.0.26
     - JGit 3.3.1
     - Mina SSHD 0.10.1