diff --git a/javamail.changes b/javamail.changes
index ccff59b..b494d5e 100644
--- a/javamail.changes
+++ b/javamail.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Mar 18 19:20:43 UTC 2022 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
+
+- Build with source/target levels 8
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Mar 17 03:07:12 UTC 2022 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/javamail.spec b/javamail.spec
index 5ab6fbc..c410d16 100644
--- a/javamail.spec
+++ b/javamail.spec
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Source:         https://github.com/javaee/javamail/archive/%{git_tag}.tar.gz
 Patch0:         %{name}-javadoc.patch
 BuildRequires:  ant
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
+BuildRequires:  java-devel >= 1.8
 BuildRequires:  javapackages-local
 BuildRequires:  perl-XML-XPath
 # Adapted from the classpathx-mail (and JPackage glassfish-javamail) Provides.
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ rm mail/src/test/java/com/sun/mail/smtp/SMTPWriteTimeoutTest.java
 %pom_remove_parent .
 
 %build
-%{ant} -Djavac.source=1.6 -Djavac.target=1.6 \
+%{ant} -Djavac.source=1.8 -Djavac.target=1.8 \
 %if 0%{?suse_version} > 1500
     -Dactivation.jar=$(find-jar glassfish-activation-api) \
 %endif