diff --git a/test/benchmarks/micros-javac/pom.xml b/test/benchmarks/micros-javac/pom.xml
index 5a8a40d7a9a..4dc0962e9c4 100644
--- a/test/benchmarks/micros-javac/pom.xml
+++ b/test/benchmarks/micros-javac/pom.xml
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@
     <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <name>OpenJDK Microbenchmark of Java Compile</name>
     <properties>
+        <!--
+         the code below is being compiled with source 25, see JDK-8372023,
+         if the source version being compiled changes to 26 or 26+, then
+         some adjustments will be needed at:
+         test/benchmarks/micros-javac/src/main/java/org/openjdk/bench/langtools/javac/JavacBenchmark.java
+        -->
         <javac.benchmark.openjdk.zip.download.url>https://download.java.net/openjdk/jdk11/ri/openjdk-11+28_windows-x64_bin.zip</javac.benchmark.openjdk.zip.download.url>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <jmh.version>1.36</jmh.version>
diff --git a/test/benchmarks/micros-javac/src/main/java/org/openjdk/bench/langtools/javac/JavacBenchmark.java b/test/benchmarks/micros-javac/src/main/java/org/openjdk/bench/langtools/javac/JavacBenchmark.java
index 1afffc6d044..de13f6771b9 100644
--- a/test/benchmarks/micros-javac/src/main/java/org/openjdk/bench/langtools/javac/JavacBenchmark.java
+++ b/test/benchmarks/micros-javac/src/main/java/org/openjdk/bench/langtools/javac/JavacBenchmark.java
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ public class JavacBenchmark {
                 };
             }
         }) {
-            String[] cmdLine = new String[] {"-XDcompilePolicy=simple", "-implicit:none", "-nowarn", "--module-source-path", root.toString(), "-d", root.toString(), "-XDignore.symbol.file=true", "@" + srcList.toString()};
+            String[] cmdLine = new String[] {"-source", "25", "-XDcompilePolicy=simple", "-implicit:none", "-nowarn", "--module-source-path", root.toString(), "-d", root.toString(), "-XDignore.symbol.file=true", "@" + srcList.toString()};
             if (new Main("javac").compile(cmdLine, ctx).exitCode != 0) {
                 throw new IOException("compilation failed");
             }