diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 2f9b8befaa..6590131440 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -17,11 +17,8 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        java: [ '8', '11' ]
+        java: [ '11' ]
         os: [windows-latest, ubuntu-latest]
-        exclude:
-          - os: windows-latest
-            java: '8'
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 5168dee45c..89c75b23c5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
-          java-version: '8'
+          java-version: '11'
           distribution: 'temurin'
           cache: 'sbt'
       - name: Publish ${{ github.ref }}
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 96975bf0fc..7940c5be12 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -188,7 +188,6 @@ import sbtassembly.AssemblyPlugin.defaultUniversalScript
 
 val scalacJvmOptions = Def.setting {
   val cross = CrossVersion.partialVersion(scalaVersion.value) match {
-    case Some((2, 11)) => Seq("-target:jvm-1.8")
     case Some((2, 13)) =>
       Seq(
         "-Ymacro-annotations",