diff --git a/xmlunit.changes b/xmlunit.changes
index 4aa4959..06711dc 100644
--- a/xmlunit.changes
+++ b/xmlunit.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Mar 20 13:06:04 UTC 2022 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
+
+- Build with java source and target levels 8
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Dec 12 13:03:16 UTC 2021 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/xmlunit.spec b/xmlunit.spec
index b90cec8..284fd7e 100644
--- a/xmlunit.spec
+++ b/xmlunit.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package xmlunit
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2021 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
 # Copyright (c) 2000-2008, JPackage Project
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ EOF
 
 export CLASSPATH=
 export OPT_JAR_LIST="junit ant/ant-junit jaxp_transform_impl ant/ant-trax xalan-j2-serializer"
-ant -Djavac.source=1.6 -Djavac.target=1.6 -Dbuild.compiler=modern -Dhaltonfailure=yes jar javadocs
+ant -Djavac.source=1.8 -Djavac.target=1.8 -Dbuild.compiler=modern -Dhaltonfailure=yes jar javadocs
 
 %install
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_javadir}