diff --git a/pegdown-build.xml b/pegdown-build.xml
index 520c0c8..ac48e5c 100644
--- a/pegdown-build.xml
+++ b/pegdown-build.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
   <property name="spec.version" value="1.4"/>
 
-  <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/pegdown.changes b/pegdown.changes
index 0ed7d6e..9aa4916 100644
--- a/pegdown.changes
+++ b/pegdown.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Mar 20 16:19:57 UTC 2022 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
+
+- Build with java source and target levels 8
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Apr  3 09:11:04 UTC 2019 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/pegdown.spec b/pegdown.spec
index 7524fdd..1ed7cd6 100644
--- a/pegdown.spec
+++ b/pegdown.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package pegdown
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2019 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# 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