diff --git a/CoreLibs/nbproject/project.properties b/CoreLibs/nbproject/project.properties
index 6b1c4edae5..35f2e8e8c6 100644
--- a/CoreLibs/nbproject/project.properties
+++ b/CoreLibs/nbproject/project.properties
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ file.reference.slf4j-simple-1.6.1.jar=release/modules/ext/slf4j-simple-1.6.1.jar
 file.reference.stax-api-1.0.1.jar=release/modules/ext/stax-api-1.0.1.jar
 file.reference.xml-apis-1.0.b2.jar=release/modules/ext/xml-apis-1.0.b2.jar
 file.reference.xmlbeans-2.3.0.jar=release/modules/ext/xmlbeans-2.3.0.jar
-javac.source=1.7
+javac.source=1.8
 javac.compilerargs=-Xlint -Xlint:-serial
 javadoc.reference.controlsfx-8.40.10.jar=release/modules/ext/controlsfx-8.40.10-javadoc.jar
 javadoc.reference.guava-18.0.jar=release/modules/ext/guava-18.0-javadoc.jar
diff --git a/KeywordSearch/nbproject/project.properties b/KeywordSearch/nbproject/project.properties
index 999c6bd7ac..cb50270b3e 100644
--- a/KeywordSearch/nbproject/project.properties
+++ b/KeywordSearch/nbproject/project.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-javac.source=1.7
+javac.source=1.8
 javac.compilerargs=-Xlint -Xlint:-serial
 license.file=../LICENSE-2.0.txt
 nbm.homepage=http://www.sleuthkit.org/autopsy/
diff --git a/RecentActivity/nbproject/project.properties b/RecentActivity/nbproject/project.properties
index a31b0c2f01..bc09675c9d 100644
--- a/RecentActivity/nbproject/project.properties
+++ b/RecentActivity/nbproject/project.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 file.reference.gson-2.1.jar=release/modules/ext/gson-2.1.jar
-javac.source=1.7
+javac.source=1.8
 javac.compilerargs=-Xlint -Xlint:-serial
 license.file=../LICENSE-2.0.txt
 nbm.homepage=http://www.sleuthkit.org/autopsy/
diff --git a/ScalpelCarver/nbproject/platform.properties b/ScalpelCarver/nbproject/platform.properties
index d19032bb98..6894d213d1 100755
--- a/ScalpelCarver/nbproject/platform.properties
+++ b/ScalpelCarver/nbproject/platform.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 branding.token=autopsy
+nbplatform.active=default
 # Version of platform that is automatically downloaded
 # Note build.xml has similar definitions that should be kept in sync (manually)
 netbeans-plat-version=7.3.1
diff --git a/ScalpelCarver/nbproject/project.properties b/ScalpelCarver/nbproject/project.properties
index cafb7bf34e..815054aa0d 100644
--- a/ScalpelCarver/nbproject/project.properties
+++ b/ScalpelCarver/nbproject/project.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-javac.source=1.7
+javac.source=1.8
 javac.compilerargs=-Xlint -Xlint:-serial
 license.file=../LICENSE-2.0.txt
 nbm.homepage=http://www.sleuthkit.org/autopsy/
diff --git a/Testing/nbproject/project.properties b/Testing/nbproject/project.properties
index 0735c621fa..7ec0a803eb 100644
--- a/Testing/nbproject/project.properties
+++ b/Testing/nbproject/project.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-javac.source=1.7
+javac.source=1.8
 javac.compilerargs=-Xlint -Xlint:-serial
 license.file=../LICENSE-2.0.txt
 nbm.homepage=http://www.sleuthkit.org/autopsy/
diff --git a/thunderbirdparser/nbproject/project.properties b/thunderbirdparser/nbproject/project.properties
index 0fd53bef25..fbdabd0fc1 100644
--- a/thunderbirdparser/nbproject/project.properties
+++ b/thunderbirdparser/nbproject/project.properties
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ file.reference.apache-mime4j-core-0.8.0-SNAPSHOT.jar=release/modules/ext/apache-
 file.reference.apache-mime4j-mbox-iterator-0.8.0-SNAPSHOT-sources.jar=release/modules/ext/apache-mime4j-mbox-iterator-0.8.0-SNAPSHOT-sources.jar
 file.reference.apache-mime4j-mbox-iterator-0.8.0-SNAPSHOT.jar=release/modules/ext/apache-mime4j-mbox-iterator-0.8.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
 file.reference.java-libpst-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar=release/modules/ext/java-libpst-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
-javac.source=1.7
+javac.source=1.8
 javac.compilerargs=-Xlint -Xlint:-serial
 license.file=../LICENSE-2.0.txt
 nbm.homepage=http://www.sleuthkit.org/autopsy/