diff --git a/hibernate-validator-annotation-processor/src/main/java/org/hibernate/validator/ap/ConstraintValidationProcessor.java b/hibernate-validator-annotation-processor/src/main/java/org/hibernate/validator/ap/ConstraintValidationProcessor.java
index 48b46c310b..d39458386e 100644
--- a/hibernate-validator-annotation-processor/src/main/java/org/hibernate/validator/ap/ConstraintValidationProcessor.java
+++ b/hibernate-validator-annotation-processor/src/main/java/org/hibernate/validator/ap/ConstraintValidationProcessor.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 import javax.annotation.processing.RoundEnvironment;
 import javax.annotation.processing.SupportedAnnotationTypes;
 import javax.annotation.processing.SupportedOptions;
-import javax.annotation.processing.SupportedSourceVersion;
 import javax.lang.model.SourceVersion;
 import javax.lang.model.element.AnnotationMirror;
 import javax.lang.model.element.Element;
@@ -57,8 +56,7 @@
  * @author Gunnar Morling
  */
 @SupportedAnnotationTypes("*")
-@SupportedSourceVersion(SourceVersion.RELEASE_6)
-@SupportedOptions( {
+@SupportedOptions({
 		Configuration.DIAGNOSTIC_KIND_PROCESSOR_OPTION,
 		Configuration.VERBOSE_PROCESSOR_OPTION,
 		Configuration.METHOD_CONSTRAINTS_SUPPORTED_PROCESSOR_OPTION
@@ -89,6 +87,11 @@ public synchronized void init(ProcessingEnvironment processingEnv) {
 		messager = new MessagerAdapter( processingEnv.getMessager(), configuration.getDiagnosticKind() );
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public SourceVersion getSupportedSourceVersion() {
+		return SourceVersion.latestSupported();
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public boolean process(
 			final Set<? extends TypeElement> annotations,