diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven.yml b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
index 7a297fba..db357452 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy: 
         matrix:
           os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
-          java: [ 1.8, 11, 17, 21 ]
+          java: [ 11, 17, 21 ]
         fail-fast: false
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     name: Java ${{ matrix.java }} OS ${{ matrix.os }} sample
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mavenForPR.yml b/.github/workflows/mavenForPR.yml
index 98785a91..60ecd0bd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mavenForPR.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mavenForPR.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy: 
         matrix:
           os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
-          java: [ 1.8, 11, 17 ]
+          java: [ 11, 17, 21 ]
         fail-fast: false
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     name: Java ${{ matrix.java }} OS ${{ matrix.os }} sample
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 77ba8897..5a0474ba 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <additionalparam>-Xdoclint:none</additionalparam>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-    <java.version>1.8</java.version>
+    <java.version>11</java.version>
     <kieker.version>1.15.4</kieker.version>
     <jaxb.version>2.3.6</jaxb.version>
     <mockito.version>4.11.0</mockito.version>