diff --git a/apache-commons-logging.spec b/apache-commons-logging.spec
index 04d6694..965d6f5 100644
--- a/apache-commons-logging.spec
+++ b/apache-commons-logging.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 Name:           apache-commons-logging
 Version:        1.2
 Release:        14%{?dist}
@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ sed -i 's/\r//' RELEASE-NOTES.txt LICENSE.txt NOTICE.txt
 rm -rf src/test/java/org/apache/commons/logging/log4j/log4j12
 
 %build
-%mvn_build
+%mvn_build -- -Dmaven.compiler.source=1.6 -Dmaven.compiler.target=1.6
 
 # The build produces more artifacts from one pom
 %mvn_artifact %{SOURCE2} target/commons-logging-%{version}-api.jar