diff --git a/geronimo-parent-poms.spec b/geronimo-parent-poms.spec
index ea5ea33..264babc 100644
--- a/geronimo-parent-poms.spec
+++ b/geronimo-parent-poms.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           geronimo-parent-poms
 Version:        1.6
-Release:        29%{?dist}
+Release:        30%{?dist}
 Summary:        Parent POM files for geronimo-specs
 License:        ASL 2.0
 URL:            http://geronimo.apache.org/
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ cp -p %{SOURCE1} LICENSE
 %pom_remove_plugin :maven-idea-plugin
 %mvn_alias : org.apache.geronimo.specs:specs
 
+# source/target of 1.5 is not supported in fedora
+sed -i -e 's/>1\.5</>1.8</' pom.xml
+
 %build
 %mvn_build
 
@@ -38,6 +41,9 @@ cp -p %{SOURCE1} LICENSE
 %doc LICENSE
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jun 26 2020 Mat Booth <mat.booth@redhat.com> - 1.6-30
+- Allow dependent packages to build against Java 11
+
 * Tue Jan 28 2020 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.6-29
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_32_Mass_Rebuild