diff --git a/plexus-build-api-build.xml b/plexus-build-api-build.xml
index 4d1958c..d9ba5f8 100644
--- a/plexus-build-api-build.xml
+++ b/plexus-build-api-build.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
   <property name="spec.version" value="0.0"/>
 
-  <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/plexus-build-api.changes b/plexus-build-api.changes
index 0b6cc10..a4951e0 100644
--- a/plexus-build-api.changes
+++ b/plexus-build-api.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Mar 20 18:00:35 UTC 2022 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
+
+- Build with source and target levels 8
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Nov 21 15:33:18 UTC 2019 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/plexus-build-api.spec b/plexus-build-api.spec
index 79ae13b..0cb34cd 100644
--- a/plexus-build-api.spec
+++ b/plexus-build-api.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package plexus-build-api
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2019 SUSE LLC
+# 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