diff --git a/jdom2.spec b/jdom2.spec
index a0901c3..1688022 100644
--- a/jdom2.spec
+++ b/jdom2.spec
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ BuildRequires:  ant
 BuildRequires:  ant-junit
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  isorelax
+BuildRequires:  java-devel >= 1.7
 BuildRequires:  javapackages-local
 BuildRequires:  jaxen
 BuildRequires:  xalan-j2
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ sed -i.coverage "s|coverage, jars|jars|" build.xml
 %build
 mkdir lib
 build-jar-repository lib xerces-j2 xml-commons-apis jaxen junit isorelax xalan-j2 xalan-j2-serializer
-%ant -Dversion=%{version} -Dcompile.target=6 -Dcompile.source=6 -Dj2se.apidoc=%{_javadocdir}/java maven
+%{ant} -Dversion=%{version} -Dcompile.target=7 -Dcompile.source=7 -Dj2se.apidoc=%{_javadocdir}/java maven
 
 %install
 # jar