diff --git a/Core/nbproject/project.properties b/Core/nbproject/project.properties
index bb36dde640a7835e086b3615e007560771f4ece2..7d7be8e900f62f2d56b0f3dae6ac272a861aeacd 100644
--- a/Core/nbproject/project.properties
+++ b/Core/nbproject/project.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 file.reference.Tsk_DataModel.jar=release/modules/ext/Tsk_DataModel.jar
-javac.source=1.6
+javac.source=1.7
 javac.compilerargs=-Xlint -Xlint:-serial
 license.file=../LICENSE-2.0.txt
 nbm.homepage=http://www.sleuthkit.org/
diff --git a/CoreLibs/nbproject/project.properties b/CoreLibs/nbproject/project.properties
index 7f79dd9a3191a848015efd45cbc16839f87f53b9..a7956b7e24a9d2c1f88ebf2eae6e648366092240 100644
--- a/CoreLibs/nbproject/project.properties
+++ b/CoreLibs/nbproject/project.properties
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ file.reference.slf4j-api-1.6.1.jar=release/modules/ext/slf4j-api-1.6.1.jar
 file.reference.slf4j-simple-1.6.1.jar=release/modules/ext/slf4j-simple-1.6.1.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=1.6
+javac.source=1.7
 javac.compilerargs=-Xlint -Xlint:-serial
 nbm.needs.restart=true
diff --git a/ExifParser/nbproject/project.properties b/ExifParser/nbproject/project.properties
index 5e95dbce94edc1cc8569aaa17a42f1905f7ffe39..6f48597d02f455f7b143ed1552b9a5e9b4236097 100644
--- a/ExifParser/nbproject/project.properties
+++ b/ExifParser/nbproject/project.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-javac.source=1.6
+javac.source=1.7
 javac.compilerargs=-Xlint -Xlint:-serial
 license.file=../LICENSE-2.0.txt
 nbm.homepage=http://www.sleuthkit.org/autopsy/
diff --git a/HashDatabase/nbproject/project.properties b/HashDatabase/nbproject/project.properties
index 9dcdea211c733d1e08d006c81b1ca180ba0452e0..f278b6de1bb1df9559e6068312fe98ae36548d2a 100644
--- a/HashDatabase/nbproject/project.properties
+++ b/HashDatabase/nbproject/project.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-javac.source=1.6
+javac.source=1.7
 javac.compilerargs=-Xlint -Xlint:-serial
 license.file=../LICENSE-2.0.txt
 nbm.homepage=http://www.sleuthkit.org/autopsy/
diff --git a/KeywordSearch/nbproject/project.properties b/KeywordSearch/nbproject/project.properties
index 9b3a16ecfa57e3819fd7af0dc5e6f22a7a93ab48..48e8b51efd75f422f6a3e614de864a7677b3f1e0 100644
--- a/KeywordSearch/nbproject/project.properties
+++ b/KeywordSearch/nbproject/project.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-javac.source=1.6
+javac.source=1.7
 javac.compilerargs=-Xlint -Xlint:-serial
 license.file=../LICENSE-2.0.txt
 nbm.homepage=http://www.sleuthkit.org/autopsy/
diff --git a/NEWS.txt b/NEWS.txt
index fef33aee03ca86a4f408f5a54896ab66559bf277..c240455a42e5ff4a824e1e35f6d30f385eaedf3c 100644
--- a/NEWS.txt
+++ b/NEWS.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Improvements:
 - Tweaked memory settings to eliminate out-of-memory errors.
 - Faster application launch time.
 - Netbeans RCP upgrade from 7.2.1 to 7.3
+- Upgrade from Java 6 to Java 7
 
 Bugfixes:
 - fixed DLL dependency version issue causing Autopsy not to launch on some systems
diff --git a/RecentActivity/nbproject/project.properties b/RecentActivity/nbproject/project.properties
index eae0cc9761693ecba11f6ab0985079efe79931a7..dc281ec30963acf6e60e9f102a8b61a0e4ae340a 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=1.6
+javac.source=1.7
 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 9dcdea211c733d1e08d006c81b1ca180ba0452e0..f278b6de1bb1df9559e6068312fe98ae36548d2a 100644
--- a/Testing/nbproject/project.properties
+++ b/Testing/nbproject/project.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-javac.source=1.6
+javac.source=1.7
 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 5e95dbce94edc1cc8569aaa17a42f1905f7ffe39..6f48597d02f455f7b143ed1552b9a5e9b4236097 100644
--- a/thunderbirdparser/nbproject/project.properties
+++ b/thunderbirdparser/nbproject/project.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-javac.source=1.6
+javac.source=1.7
 javac.compilerargs=-Xlint -Xlint:-serial
 license.file=../LICENSE-2.0.txt
 nbm.homepage=http://www.sleuthkit.org/autopsy/