diff --git a/vtk.changes b/vtk.changes
index c7bb5c7..db8a3e3 100644
--- a/vtk.changes
+++ b/vtk.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Oct 31 22:56:50 UTC 2023 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
+
+- Build with java source and target levels 8
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Apr  4 08:52:20 UTC 2023 - Stefan Brüns <stefan.bruens@rwth-aachen.de>
 
diff --git a/vtk.spec b/vtk.spec
index e76d297..21e6e79 100644
--- a/vtk.spec
+++ b/vtk.spec
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ BuildRequires:  gl2ps-devel > 1.4.0
 BuildRequires:  libharu-devel >= 2.4.0
 %endif
 %if %{with java}
-BuildRequires:  java-devel
+BuildRequires:  java-devel >= 1.8
 %endif
 %if %{with mpi}
 BuildRequires:  %{mpi_flavor}-devel
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ Summary:        Develoment files for VTK Java bindings
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
 Requires:       %{name}-devel = %{version}
 Requires:       %{name}-java = %{version}
-Requires:       java-devel
+Requires:       java-devel >= 1.8
 Provides:       %{name}-devel:%{my_libdir}/libvtkJava.so
 
 %description    java-devel
@@ -465,6 +465,8 @@ export CXXFLAGS="%{optflags}"
     -DVTK_GROUP_ENABLE_Views=WANT \
     -DVTK_PYTHON_VERSION=3 \
     -DVTK_WRAP_JAVA:BOOL=%{?with_java:ON}%{!?with_java:OFF} \
+    -DVTK_JAVA_SOURCE_VERSION:STRING='1.8' \
+    -DVTK_JAVA_TARGET_VERSION:STRING='1.8' \
     -DVTK_WRAP_PYTHON:BOOL=ON \
     -DOpenGL_GL_PREFERENCE:STRING='GLVND' \
     -DVTK_OPENGL_USE_GLES:BOOL=%{?with_gles:ON}%{!?with_gles:OFF} \