diff --git a/openjpa-persistence/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/meta/AnnotationProcessor6.java b/openjpa-persistence/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/meta/AnnotationProcessor6.java
index 82e6277ba..eb2b7bc81 100644
--- a/openjpa-persistence/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/meta/AnnotationProcessor6.java
+++ b/openjpa-persistence/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/meta/AnnotationProcessor6.java
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ import org.apache.openjpa.persistence.util.SourceCode;
                     "openjpa.header",
                     "openjpa.metamodel"
                   })
+@SupportedSourceVersion(RELEASE_6)
 
 public class AnnotationProcessor6 extends AbstractProcessor {
     private SourceAnnotationHandler handler;