diff --git a/prometheus-simpleclient-java.changes b/prometheus-simpleclient-java.changes
index 0293ae4..fed2c13 100644
--- a/prometheus-simpleclient-java.changes
+++ b/prometheus-simpleclient-java.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Mar 23 10:00:34 UTC 2022 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
+
+- Build with source and target levels 8
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Mar 17 12:56:51 UTC 2022 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/prometheus-simpleclient-java.spec b/prometheus-simpleclient-java.spec
index 3b3edd1..bdab748 100644
--- a/prometheus-simpleclient-java.spec
+++ b/prometheus-simpleclient-java.spec
@@ -153,8 +153,12 @@ done
 %pom_add_dep javax.xml.bind:jaxb-api::provided simpleclient_pushgateway
 %endif
 
+%pom_xpath_set "pom:plugin[pom:artifactId[text()='maven-compiler-plugin']]/pom:configuration/pom:source" "1.8"
+%pom_xpath_set "pom:plugin[pom:artifactId[text()='maven-compiler-plugin']]/pom:configuration/pom:target" "1.8"
+
 %build
-%{mvn_build} -f -s -- -Dsource=8
+%{mvn_build} -f -s -- \
+    -Dsource=8
 
 %install
 %mvn_install