diff --git a/jackson-databind.spec b/jackson-databind.spec
index 97515ff..e5dfe66 100644
--- a/jackson-databind.spec
+++ b/jackson-databind.spec
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ Jackson Annotations for configuration.
 %pom_remove_plugin "de.jjohannes:gradle-module-metadata-maven-plugin"
 %pom_xpath_set "//pom:javac.src.version" "11"
 %pom_xpath_set "//pom:javac.target.version" "11"
-%pom_xpath_inject "//pom:maven.compiler.source" "11"
-%pom_xpath_inject "//pom:maven.compiler.target" "11"
+%pom_xpath_inject "//pom:properties" " <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>"
+%pom_xpath_inject "//pom:properties" " <maven.compiler.target>1.6</maven.compiler.target>"
 
 %pom_change_dep org.junit:junit-bom junit:junit