diff --git a/maven-archiver-build.xml b/maven-archiver-build.xml
index 2d05bd5..0cb921c 100644
--- a/maven-archiver-build.xml
+++ b/maven-archiver-build.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
   <property name="spec.version" value="3.5"/>
 
-  <property name="compiler.source" value="1.6"/>
+  <property name="compiler.source" value="1.8"/>
   <property name="compiler.target" value="${compiler.source}"/>
 
   <property name="build.finalName" value="${project.artifactId}-${project.version}"/>
diff --git a/maven-archiver.changes b/maven-archiver.changes
index 3c22d03..0968d0d 100644
--- a/maven-archiver.changes
+++ b/maven-archiver.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Mar 20 19:54:42 UTC 2022 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
+
+- Build with java source and target levels 8
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Nov 24 14:39:30 UTC 2019 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/maven-archiver.spec b/maven-archiver.spec
index 2e9f1be..8226049 100644
--- a/maven-archiver.spec
+++ b/maven-archiver.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package maven-archiver
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2019 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed