diff --git a/javassist.changes b/javassist.changes
index 126e1f3..29e11d8 100644
--- a/javassist.changes
+++ b/javassist.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Oct 15 14:53:58 UTC 2018 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
+
+- BuildRequire at least Java 9. This version uses APIs introduced
+  in Java 9
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Oct  7 16:51:45 UTC 2018 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
diff --git a/javassist.spec b/javassist.spec
index c3745ed..a919709 100644
--- a/javassist.spec
+++ b/javassist.spec
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Url:            https://www.javassist.org/
 Source0:        https://github.com/jboss-javassist/javassist/archive/%{tar_version}.tar.gz
 BuildRequires:  ant >= 1.6
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
-BuildRequires:  java-devel >= 1.6
+BuildRequires:  java-devel >= 9
 BuildRequires:  javapackages-tools
 BuildArch:      noarch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build