From ce815006d23891cc4eb7b098fe00fa51114a684f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sam Brannen <104798+sbrannen@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2025 12:44:01 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Generate compiled SpEL expressions using Java 17 byte code
 level

Closes gh-34602
---
 .../expression/spel/standard/SpelCompiler.java                | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/standard/SpelCompiler.java b/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/standard/SpelCompiler.java
index 39e563e0a3d..1b37c1e887b 100644
--- a/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/standard/SpelCompiler.java
+++ b/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/standard/SpelCompiler.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2025 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ public final class SpelCompiler implements Opcodes {
 		String className = "org/springframework/expression/spel/generated/CompiledExpression" + getNextSuffix();
 		String evaluationContextClass = "org/springframework/expression/EvaluationContext";
 		ClassWriter cw = new ExpressionClassWriter();
-		cw.visit(V1_8, ACC_PUBLIC, className, null, "org/springframework/expression/spel/CompiledExpression", null);
+		cw.visit(V17, ACC_PUBLIC, className, null, "org/springframework/expression/spel/CompiledExpression", null);
 
 		// Create default constructor
 		MethodVisitor mv = cw.visitMethod(ACC_PUBLIC, "<init>", "()V", null, null);