diff --git a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-configuration-processor/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/configurationprocessor/ConfigurationMetadataAnnotationProcessor.java b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-configuration-processor/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/configurationprocessor/ConfigurationMetadataAnnotationProcessor.java
index 2e300d2646..83fd90d689 100644
--- a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-configuration-processor/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/configurationprocessor/ConfigurationMetadataAnnotationProcessor.java
+++ b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-configuration-processor/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/configurationprocessor/ConfigurationMetadataAnnotationProcessor.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ import org.springframework.boot.configurationprocessor.metadata.JsonMarshaller;
  * @since 1.2.0
  */
 @SupportedAnnotationTypes({ "*" })
-@SupportedSourceVersion(SourceVersion.RELEASE_6)
+@SupportedSourceVersion(SourceVersion.RELEASE_8)
 public class ConfigurationMetadataAnnotationProcessor extends AbstractProcessor {
 
 	static final String CONFIGURATION_PROPERTIES_ANNOTATION = "org.springframework.boot."