diff --git a/osgi-core-build.xml b/osgi-core-build.xml
index 199b082..33ff369 100644
--- a/osgi-core-build.xml
+++ b/osgi-core-build.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <!-- Build environment properties                                           -->
   <!-- ====================================================================== -->
 
-  <property name="compiler.source" value="1.6"/>
+  <property name="compiler.source" value="1.8"/>
   <property name="compiler.target" value="${compiler.source}"/>
   
   <property name="project.artifactId" value="osgi.core"/>
diff --git a/osgi-core.changes b/osgi-core.changes
index 23e5149..2293895 100644
--- a/osgi-core.changes
+++ b/osgi-core.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Mar 20 13:15:13 UTC 2022 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
+
+- Build with java source and target levels 8
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Apr  1 08:51:17 UTC 2020 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>