diff --git a/maven-reporting-exec.changes b/maven-reporting-exec.changes
index 895c433..2f81495 100644
--- a/maven-reporting-exec.changes
+++ b/maven-reporting-exec.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Nov 24 17:09:42 UTC 2019 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
+
+- Specify maven.compiler.release to fix build with jdk9+ and newer
+  maven-javadoc-plugin
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jun  3 17:53:13 UTC 2019 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
diff --git a/maven-reporting-exec.spec b/maven-reporting-exec.spec
index f6de067..5bfe3f7 100644
--- a/maven-reporting-exec.spec
+++ b/maven-reporting-exec.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package maven-reporting-exec
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2019 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2019 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -72,10 +72,10 @@ sed -i 's/\r//g' pom.xml src/main/java/org/apache/maven/reporting/exec/*
 %pom_change_dep org.sonatype.sisu:sisu-inject-plexus org.eclipse.sisu:org.eclipse.sisu.plexus
 
 %build
-# Test are skipped because there are errors with PlexusLogger
-# More info possibly here:
-# https://docs.sonatype.org/display/AETHER/Using+Aether+in+Maven+Plugins?focusedCommentId=10485782#comment-10485782
-%{mvn_build} -f
+%{mvn_build} -f \
+%if %{?pkg_vcmp:%pkg_vcmp java-devel >= 9}%{!?pkg_vcmp:0}
+	-- -Dmaven.compiler.release=6
+%endif
 
 %install
 %mvn_install