diff --git a/commonmark-java.changes b/commonmark-java.changes
index 15b1ee6..f4ed479 100644
--- a/commonmark-java.changes
+++ b/commonmark-java.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Oct 26 03:06:11 UTC 2023 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
+
+- Build with source and target levels 8
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Sep 23 09:10:07 UTC 2021 - Anton Shvetz <shvetz.anton@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/commonmark-java.spec b/commonmark-java.spec
index 8661aa6..3faa16d 100644
--- a/commonmark-java.spec
+++ b/commonmark-java.spec
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ API documentation for %{name}.
 %autosetup -n %{name}-%{project_name}-parent-%{version}
 %pom_remove_plugin -r org.sonatype.plugins:nexus-staging-maven-plugin
 %pom_remove_plugin -r :maven-javadoc-plugin
+%pom_xpath_set -r "pom:plugin[pom:artifactId[text()='maven-compiler-plugin']]/pom:configuration/pom:source" "8"
+%pom_xpath_set -r "pom:plugin[pom:artifactId[text()='maven-compiler-plugin']]/pom:configuration/pom:target" "8"
 %{mvn_file} ':{*}' %{project_name}/@1
 
 %build