diff --git a/aelfred.changes b/aelfred.changes
index b28ffb7..2eccc26 100644
--- a/aelfred.changes
+++ b/aelfred.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep 14 07:54:54 UTC 2017 - fstrba@suse.com
+
+- Specify java source level 1.6 to allow building with jdk9
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Dec  4 17:36:21 UTC 2014 - p.drouand@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/aelfred.spec b/aelfred.spec
index f63f88b..5aeec4f 100644
--- a/aelfred.spec
+++ b/aelfred.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package aelfred
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2014 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2017 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ export JAVA_HOME=%{java_home}
 export PATH=%{java_home}/bin:$PATH
 export CLASSPATH=
 cd net 
-%{javac} -source 1.4 `find . -name \*.java`
-%{javadoc} -source 1.4 -d ../HTML `find . -name \*.java`
+%{javac} -source 1.6 `find . -name \*.java`
+%{javadoc} -source 1.6 -d ../HTML `find . -name \*.java`
 
 %install
 # jar