diff --git a/opentest4j-build.xml b/opentest4j-build.xml
index 3872b54..3e7feec 100644
--- a/opentest4j-build.xml
+++ b/opentest4j-build.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   <property name="project.artifactId" value="opentest4j"/>
   <property name="project.version" value="1.2.0"/>
   
-  <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/opentest4j.changes b/opentest4j.changes
index c300493..300143a 100644
--- a/opentest4j.changes
+++ b/opentest4j.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Mar 21 12:40:23 UTC 2022 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
+
+- Build with java source and target levels 8
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Apr  2 07:06:55 UTC 2020 - Fridrich Štrba <fridrich.strba@bluewin.ch>
 
diff --git a/opentest4j.spec b/opentest4j.spec
index 731f7fa..40d1743 100644
--- a/opentest4j.spec
+++ b/opentest4j.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package opentest4j
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2020 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
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Source1:        %{name}-build.xml
 Source100:      https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/opentest4j/opentest4j/%{version}/opentest4j-%{version}.pom
 BuildRequires:  ant
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
+BuildRequires:  java-devel >= 1.8
 BuildRequires:  javapackages-local
 BuildArch:      noarch
 %if %{with tests}