diff --git a/maven-invoker-build.xml b/maven-invoker-build.xml
index b2bc2ac..9df7f09 100644
--- a/maven-invoker-build.xml
+++ b/maven-invoker-build.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   <property name="project.name" value="Apache Maven Invoker"/>
   <property name="project.organization.name" value="The Apache Software Foundation"/>
   
-  <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-invoker.changes b/maven-invoker.changes
index dff3a40..eda22de 100644
--- a/maven-invoker.changes
+++ b/maven-invoker.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Mar 20 19:33:22 UTC 2022 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
+
+- Build with java source and target levels 8
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Nov 21 14:17:41 UTC 2019 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/maven-invoker.spec b/maven-invoker.spec
index 6cb551c..48647a9 100644
--- a/maven-invoker.spec
+++ b/maven-invoker.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package maven-invoker
 #
-# 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