diff --git a/chat/pom.xml b/chat/pom.xml
index cbb4a432..283c87e3 100644
--- a/chat/pom.xml
+++ b/chat/pom.xml
@@ -26,4 +26,19 @@
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
+
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.5.1</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>1.6</source>
+                    <target>1.6</target>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/ChatColor.java b/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/ChatColor.java
index 2de61471..cd88bd47 100644
--- a/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/ChatColor.java
+++ b/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/ChatColor.java
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ public enum ChatColor
     /**
      * Colour instances keyed by their active character.
      */
-    private static final Map<Character, ChatColor> BY_CHAR = new HashMap<>();
+    private static final Map<Character, ChatColor> BY_CHAR = new HashMap<Character, ChatColor>();
     /**
      * The code appended to {@link #COLOR_CHAR} to make usable colour.
      */
diff --git a/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/BaseComponent.java b/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/BaseComponent.java
index 8ce1fb0f..c941b021 100644
--- a/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/BaseComponent.java
+++ b/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/BaseComponent.java
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ public abstract class BaseComponent
     {
         if ( extra == null )
         {
-            extra = new ArrayList<>();
+            extra = new ArrayList<BaseComponent>();
         }
         component.parent = this;
         extra.add( component );
diff --git a/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/ComponentBuilder.java b/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/ComponentBuilder.java
index 9c17cebd..7e4aca0a 100644
--- a/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/ComponentBuilder.java
+++ b/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/ComponentBuilder.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public class ComponentBuilder
 {
 
     private TextComponent current;
-    private final List<BaseComponent> parts = new ArrayList<>();
+    private final List<BaseComponent> parts = new ArrayList<BaseComponent>();
 
     /**
      * Creates a ComponentBuilder from the other given ComponentBuilder to clone
diff --git a/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/TextComponent.java b/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/TextComponent.java
index 81a45b11..224a6c8d 100644
--- a/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/TextComponent.java
+++ b/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/TextComponent.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public class TextComponent extends BaseComponent
      */
     public static BaseComponent[] fromLegacyText(String message)
     {
-        ArrayList<BaseComponent> components = new ArrayList<>();
+        ArrayList<BaseComponent> components = new ArrayList<BaseComponent>();
         StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
         TextComponent component = new TextComponent();
         Matcher matcher = url.matcher( message );
diff --git a/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/TranslatableComponent.java b/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/TranslatableComponent.java
index 5d244fc6..c00b7fa9 100644
--- a/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/TranslatableComponent.java
+++ b/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/TranslatableComponent.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public class TranslatableComponent extends BaseComponent
     public TranslatableComponent(String translate, Object... with)
     {
         setTranslate( translate );
-        List<BaseComponent> temp = new ArrayList<>();
+        List<BaseComponent> temp = new ArrayList<BaseComponent>();
         for ( Object w : with )
         {
             if ( w instanceof String )
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ public class TranslatableComponent extends BaseComponent
     {
         if ( with == null )
         {
-            with = new ArrayList<>();
+            with = new ArrayList<BaseComponent>();
         }
         component.parent = this;
         with.add( component );
diff --git a/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/chat/ComponentSerializer.java b/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/chat/ComponentSerializer.java
index b001ef85..5756fc4a 100644
--- a/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/chat/ComponentSerializer.java
+++ b/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/chat/ComponentSerializer.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public class ComponentSerializer implements JsonDeserializer<BaseComponent>
             registerTypeAdapter( TranslatableComponent.class, new TranslatableComponentSerializer() ).
             create();
 
-    public final static ThreadLocal<HashSet<BaseComponent>> serializedComponents = new ThreadLocal<>();
+    public final static ThreadLocal<HashSet<BaseComponent>> serializedComponents = new ThreadLocal<HashSet<BaseComponent>>();
 
     public static BaseComponent[] parse(String json)
     {