diff --git a/plexus-interpolation-1.26.tar.gz b/plexus-interpolation-1.26.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 290bf63..0000000
--- a/plexus-interpolation-1.26.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:ef6440bf3d24fee31c0ebfce679e008712d4154393e42dfffc8f6bd109dabd77
-size 61370
diff --git a/plexus-interpolation-1.27.0.tar.gz b/plexus-interpolation-1.27.0.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6eb3411
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plexus-interpolation-1.27.0.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:67c1272df4185b6f6b7b05fd8b1223ce978578fa0c408b94cbbf9282bbcf2d45
+size 60195
diff --git a/plexus-interpolation-build.xml b/plexus-interpolation-build.xml
index 66c6726..ade6a78 100644
--- a/plexus-interpolation-build.xml
+++ b/plexus-interpolation-build.xml
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@
 
   <property name="project.artifactId" value="plexus-interpolation"/>
   <property name="project.groupId" value="org.codehaus.plexus"/>
-  <property name="project.version" value="1.26"/>
+  <property name="project.version" value="1.27.0"/>
 
-  <property name="compiler.source" value="1.8"/>
+  <property name="compiler.release" value="8"/>
+  <property name="compiler.source" value="1.${compiler.release}"/>
   <property name="compiler.target" value="${compiler.source}"/>
 
   <property name="build.finalName" value="${project.artifactId}-${project.version}"/>
diff --git a/plexus-interpolation.spec b/plexus-interpolation.spec
index 1cfbcf4..5ecc976 100644
--- a/plexus-interpolation.spec
+++ b/plexus-interpolation.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package plexus-interpolation
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2024 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 %bcond_with tests
 Name:           plexus-interpolation
-Version:        1.26
+Version:        1.27.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Plexus Interpolation API
 License:        Apache-1.1 AND Apache-2.0 AND MIT
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ cp %{SOURCE1} build.xml
 %pom_xpath_inject "pom:project" "<groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>"
 
 %build
-%ant \
+%{ant} \
 %if %{without tests}
   -Dtest.skip=true \
 %endif