--- build.xml
+++ build.xml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
     <!--mkdir dir="${api_src_dir}"/-->
     <!--unjar src="${jar_api}" dest="${class_dir}"/-->
     <javac srcdir="${src_api}"
-      source="1.2" target="1.2"
+      source="8" target="8"
       includes="${api_dirs}"
       destdir="${class_dir}"
       debug="true">
@@ -104,9 +104,10 @@
   <target name="compile" depends="init,api">
     <!--javac srcdir="${src}:${api_src_dir}"-->
     <javac srcdir="${src}"
-      source="1.2" target="1.2"
+      source="8" target="8"
       includes="${topdirs}"
       destdir="${class_dir}"
+      encoding="ISO-8859-1"
       debug="true">
       <classpath>
         <pathelement path="${java.class.path}"/>
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@
   </target>
   <target name="test_compile" depends="api, test_init">
     <javac srcdir="${src}" includes="org/codehaus/stax/test/**/*.java"
-      source="1.2" target="1.2"
+      source="8" target="8"
       destdir="${test_class_dir}"
       debug="true">
       <classpath>