diff --git a/as400/connector.as400/pom.xml b/as400/connector.as400/pom.xml
index b8ea87d71..42026e39b 100644
--- a/as400/connector.as400/pom.xml
+++ b/as400/connector.as400/pom.xml
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>3.13.0</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
+                    <source>1.6</source>
+                    <target>1.6</target>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>