Java version error after upgrading a dependency

Question

I'm trying to upgrade my wro4j dependency from 1.7.x to the latest (1.10.1).

My project uses Java 8.

I didn't see anywhere (documentation or otherwise) that wro4j requires a specific java version to run, however, when I change the version in my pom.xml and try to compile my project, I receive the following error:

Execution default of goal ro.isdc.wro4j:wro4j-maven-plugin:1.10.1:run failed: Unable to load the mojo 'run' in the plugin 'ro.isdc.wro4j:wro4j-maven-plugin:1.10.1' due to an API incompatibility: org.codehaus.plexus.component.repository.exception.ComponentLookupException: ro/isdc/wro/maven/plugin/Wro4jMojo has been compiled by a more recent version of the Java Runtime (class file version 53.0), this version of the Java Runtime only recognizes class file versions up to 52.0

Does this mean that I can't upgrade to 1.10.1 without first upgrading Java, or is there another solution?