diff --git a/maven-reporting-api-build.xml b/maven-reporting-api-build.xml
index 4230ada..a297607 100644
--- a/maven-reporting-api-build.xml
+++ b/maven-reporting-api-build.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   <property name="project.organization.name"
             value="The Apache Software Foundation"/>
 
-  <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"
diff --git a/maven-reporting-api.changes b/maven-reporting-api.changes
index 6274347..c8ed123 100644
--- a/maven-reporting-api.changes
+++ b/maven-reporting-api.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Mar 20 20:11:02 UTC 2022 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
+
+- Build with source and target levels 8
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Mar 11 06:57:17 UTC 2022 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>