diff --git a/jps/jps-builders/src/org/jetbrains/jps/incremental/java/JavaBuilder.java b/jps/jps-builders/src/org/jetbrains/jps/incremental/java/JavaBuilder.java
index f6cb1075b588..32f1dbf39da2 100644
--- a/jps/jps-builders/src/org/jetbrains/jps/incremental/java/JavaBuilder.java
+++ b/jps/jps-builders/src/org/jetbrains/jps/incremental/java/JavaBuilder.java
@@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@ public class JavaBuilder extends ModuleLevelBuilder {
     final Pair<JpsSdk<JpsDummyElement>, Integer> sdkVersionPair = getAssociatedSdk(chunk);
     if (sdkVersionPair != null) {
       final int sdkVersion = sdkVersionPair.second;
-      if (sdkVersion >= 6 && (sdkVersion < 9 || Math.abs(sdkVersion - targetLanguageLevel) <= 3)) {
+      if (sdkVersion >= 6 && (sdkVersion < 9 || Math.abs(sdkVersion - targetLanguageLevel) <= 5)) {
         // current javac compiler does support required language level
         return pair(sdkVersionPair.first.getHomePath(), sdkVersion);
       }