diff --git a/hsqldb-mdescriptor.patch b/hsqldb-mdescriptor.patch
index d1436e9..a326eb2 100644
--- a/hsqldb-mdescriptor.patch
+++ b/hsqldb-mdescriptor.patch
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ Index: hsqldb/build/build.xml
  
      <target name="mdesc-hsqldbmin" depends="sw-hsqldbmin" if="ant.java.iscjava11" >
          <javac srcdir="${swsrcmin}"
-+              source="7"
-+              target="7"
++              source="8"
++              target="8"
                 bootclasspath="${javac.bootcp.override}"
                 sourcepath=""
                 includeantruntime="false"
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ Index: hsqldb/build/build.xml
        <fail unless='_servlet_available'
              message="Place Jar file for Servlet API at '${servletapi.lib}', or set property 'servletapi.lib'"/>
        <javac srcdir="${swsrc}"
-+            source="7"
-+            target="7"
++            source="8"
++            target="8"
               bootclasspath="${javac.bootcp.override}"
               sourcepath=""
               includeantruntime="false"
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ Index: hsqldb/build/build.xml
      <target name="classes" depends="sw-hsqldb,-javajsse"
      description="compiles JVM-independent non-lib/util/cmdline/servlet classes">
        <javac srcdir="${swsrc}"
-+            source="7"
-+            target="7"
++            source="8"
++            target="8"
               bootclasspath="${javac.bootcp.override}"
               includeantruntime="false"
               encoding="${javac.encoding}"
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ Index: hsqldb/build/build.xml
      <target name="-util" depends="-prepare, sw-hsqldb"
              description="compiles the util folder">
        <javac srcdir="${swsrc}"
-+            source="7"
-+            target="7"
++            source="8"
++            target="8"
               bootclasspath="${javac.bootcp.override}"
               includeantruntime="false"
               encoding="${javac.encoding}"
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ Index: hsqldb/build/build.xml
        <!-- This javac is no longer dependent upon default attr. includeAntRuntime=true -->
        <!-- Ant resolver and preprocessor moved to trunk/integration/ant/prepocessor/src -->
        <javac srcdir="src"
-+            source="7"
-+            target="7"
++            source="8"
++            target="8"
               bootclasspath="${javac.bootcp.override}"
               encoding="${javac.encoding}"
               destdir="classes"
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ Index: hsqldb/build/build.xml
                       -conditionalize-sqlfile-scanner, -sqlfile-scanner">
  
        <javac srcdir="${swsrctool}"
-+            source="7"
-+            target="7"
++            source="8"
++            target="8"
               bootclasspath="${javac.bootcp.override}"
               includeantruntime="false"
               encoding="${javac.encoding}"
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ Index: hsqldb/build/build.xml
      <target name="-swing" depends="sw-hsqldb"
              description="compiles the swing based classes in the util folder">
        <javac srcdir="${swsrc}"
-+            source="7"
-+            target="7"
++            source="8"
++            target="8"
               bootclasspath="${javac.bootcp.override}"
               includeantruntime="false"
               encoding="${javac.encoding}"
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ Index: hsqldb/build/build.xml
      <target name="scanner-driver" depends="-cmdline"
              description="Build Scanner Driver.  For SqlTool scanner developers.">
        <javac srcdir="${swsrc}"
-+            source="7"
-+            target="7"
++            source="8"
++            target="8"
               bootclasspath="${javac.bootcp.override}"
               includeantruntime="false"
               encoding="${javac.encoding}"