diff --git a/pmd-netbeans/build.xml b/pmd-netbeans/build.xml
index e092d716be..6831a54ef9 100644
--- a/pmd-netbeans/build.xml
+++ b/pmd-netbeans/build.xml
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
     <import file="nbproject/build-impl.xml"/>
 
     <property name="pmd.jar" value="pmd-3.8.jar"/>
-    <property name="nb.version" value="netbeans50"/>
-    <property name="VERSION" value="1.8"/>
+    <property name="nb.version" value="netbeans55"/>
+    <property name="VERSION" value="1.8.1"/>
 
     <property file="build.ant.properties"/>
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         
     <target name="nblib" depends="init">
         <mkdir dir="build/libclasses"/>
-        <javac srcdir="libsrc" destdir="build/libclasses" source="1.4" debug="${build.compiler.debug}" deprecation="${build.compiler.deprecation}">
+        <javac srcdir="libsrc" destdir="build/libclasses" source="${javac.source}" debug="${build.compiler.debug}" deprecation="${build.compiler.deprecation}">
             <classpath>
                 <pathelement location="lib/${pmd.jar}"/>
             </classpath>
diff --git a/pmd-netbeans/manifest.mf b/pmd-netbeans/manifest.mf
index 47a4d8965a..3ad928e253 100644
--- a/pmd-netbeans/manifest.mf
+++ b/pmd-netbeans/manifest.mf
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Manifest-Version: 1.0
-OpenIDE-Module-Specification-Version: 1.8
+OpenIDE-Module-Specification-Version: 1.8.1
 Created-By: Ole-Martin Mørk and Gunnlaugur Þór Briem, Radim Kubacki, Tomasz Slota
 OpenIDE-Module: pmd
 OpenIDE-Module-Layer: pmd/mf-layer.xml
diff --git a/pmd-netbeans/nbproject/platform.properties b/pmd-netbeans/nbproject/platform.properties
index 2ea90e414b..f78c5e2f72 100644
--- a/pmd-netbeans/nbproject/platform.properties
+++ b/pmd-netbeans/nbproject/platform.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-nbjdk.active=default
-nbplatform.active=default
+nbjdk.active=JDK1.5
+nbplatform.active=NetBeans_IDE_5.5