diff --git a/geronimo-specs.changes b/geronimo-specs.changes
index 241cb4e..50c4e9d 100644
--- a/geronimo-specs.changes
+++ b/geronimo-specs.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu May 17 07:58:39 UTC 2018 - fstrba@suse.com
+
+- Build with source and target 8 to prepare for a possible removal
+  of 1.6 compatibility in OpenJDK 11
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Sep  8 07:54:40 UTC 2017 - fstrba@suse.com
 
diff --git a/geronimo-specs.spec b/geronimo-specs.spec
index 1e2db8a..b2ba8b9 100644
--- a/geronimo-specs.spec
+++ b/geronimo-specs.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package geronimo-specs
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2017 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2018 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
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ Patch4:         geronimo-specs-j2ee-1.4-pom_xml.patch
 Patch5:         geronimo-specs-corba-2.3-pom_xml.patch
 BuildRequires:  ant
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
-BuildRequires:  java-devel >= 1.6.0
+BuildRequires:  java-devel >= 1.8
 BuildRequires:  javapackages-local
 BuildRequires:  javapackages-tools
 BuildRequires:  junit >= 3.8.1
@@ -807,7 +807,7 @@ ln -s %{_javadir} external_repo/JPP
 cp %{SOURCE1000} build.xml
 
 %build
-ant -Dant.build.javac.source=1.6 -Dant.build.javac.target=1.6 \
+ant -Dant.build.javac.source=8 -Dant.build.javac.target=8 \
     -Didlj=%{java_home}/bin/idlj
 
 %install