diff --git a/oro.changes b/oro.changes
index eb9128f..3ae94ef 100644
--- a/oro.changes
+++ b/oro.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Sep 10 07:06:34 UTC 2017 - fstrba@suse.com
+
+- Specify java source and target level 1.6 in order to allow
+  building with jdk9
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jun  9 10:22:50 UTC 2017 - tchvatal@suse.com
 
diff --git a/oro.spec b/oro.spec
index 833789f..52d0b83 100644
--- a/oro.spec
+++ b/oro.spec
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ for file in `find . -type f -name .cvsignore`; do rm -rf $file; done
 
 %build
 ant \
-	-Dant.build.javac.source=1.5 -Dant.build.javac.target=1.5 \
+	-Dant.build.javac.source=1.6 -Dant.build.javac.target=1.6 \
 	-Dfinal.name=%{name} jar
 
 %install