diff --git a/maven-artifact-transfer-build.xml b/maven-artifact-transfer-build.xml
index 66c2194..e8e9029 100644
--- a/maven-artifact-transfer-build.xml
+++ b/maven-artifact-transfer-build.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
   <property name="spec.version" value="0.11"/>
 
-  <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-artifact-transfer.changes b/maven-artifact-transfer.changes
index d562a72..0ea47cc 100644
--- a/maven-artifact-transfer.changes
+++ b/maven-artifact-transfer.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Mar 20 20:07:20 UTC 2022 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
+
+- Build with source and target levels 8
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue May 11 12:55:49 UTC 2021 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/maven-artifact-transfer.spec b/maven-artifact-transfer.spec
index e8884ea..9b902d2 100644
--- a/maven-artifact-transfer.spec
+++ b/maven-artifact-transfer.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package maven-artifact-transfer
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2021 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