diff --git a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/compile-jsp-it/pom.xml b/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/compile-jsp-it/pom.xml
index 67888838c..51c1498c1 100644
--- a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/compile-jsp-it/pom.xml
+++ b/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/compile-jsp-it/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.source>8</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
   </properties>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/compile-jsp-it/src/test/java/net/wasdev/wlp/maven/test/app/CompileJSPTest.java b/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/compile-jsp-it/src/test/java/net/wasdev/wlp/maven/test/app/CompileJSPTest.java
index 5a58a75d6..1286ac59c 100644
--- a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/compile-jsp-it/src/test/java/net/wasdev/wlp/maven/test/app/CompileJSPTest.java
+++ b/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/compile-jsp-it/src/test/java/net/wasdev/wlp/maven/test/app/CompileJSPTest.java
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public void testXmlElements() throws Exception {
             if (nodes.item(0) instanceof Element) {
                 Element child = (Element) nodes.item(0);
                 String nodeValue = child.getAttribute("javaSourceLevel");
-                Assert.assertTrue("Unexpected javaSourceLevel ==>"+nodeValue, nodeValue.equals("18"));
+                Assert.assertTrue("Unexpected javaSourceLevel ==>"+nodeValue, nodeValue.equals("8"));
             }
         }
     }