diff --git a/cdi-api-build.xml b/cdi-api-build.xml
index cae7fdf..ec27bc4 100644
--- a/cdi-api-build.xml
+++ b/cdi-api-build.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <property name="spec.title" value="JSR-346 Contexts and Dependency Injection for the Java EE platform"/>
   <property name="spec.version" value="${project.version}"/>
   
-  <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/cdi-api.changes b/cdi-api.changes
index 522566b..03e4484 100644
--- a/cdi-api.changes
+++ b/cdi-api.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Mar 20 19:41:42 UTC 2022 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
+
+- Build with java source and target levels 8
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Apr  6 22:29:10 UTC 2019 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
diff --git a/cdi-api.spec b/cdi-api.spec
index b26676a..a3634bf 100644
--- a/cdi-api.spec
+++ b/cdi-api.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package cdi-api
 #
-# 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