diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index a4be634..d5588ee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        java: [ '11' ]
+        java: [ '8', '11' ]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 62a3436..f0e540d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: 'temurin'
-          java-version: '11'
+          java-version: '8'
           cache: 'sbt'
       - uses: sbt/setup-sbt@v1
       - run: sbt ci-release