diff --git a/.mvn/jvm.config b/.mvn/jvm.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26a06dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.mvn/jvm.config
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
+-Duser.language=en
+-Djava.awt.headless=true
+-Djava.net.useSystemProxies=true
+-Dchecker.stubs.dir=${PWD}/build/checker/stubs
+-Xmx1024m
diff --git a/app/pom.xml b/app/pom.xml
index d3cc7fc..45e8cfc 100644
--- a/app/pom.xml
+++ b/app/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.checkerframework</groupId>
+      <groupId>io.github.eisop</groupId>
       <artifactId>checker-qual</artifactId>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/compression/compression-api/pom.xml b/compression/compression-api/pom.xml
index 4ebb28c..e6ea8ef 100644
--- a/compression/compression-api/pom.xml
+++ b/compression/compression-api/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.checkerframework</groupId>
+            <groupId>io.github.eisop</groupId>
             <artifactId>checker-qual</artifactId>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
diff --git a/fileformat/pom.xml b/fileformat/pom.xml
index 8fea5bf..b005a89 100644
--- a/fileformat/pom.xml
+++ b/fileformat/pom.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.checkerframework</groupId>
+      <groupId>io.github.eisop</groupId>
       <artifactId>checker-qual</artifactId>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 956852f..f11ef71 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
     <!-- dependencies -->
-    <dependency.checker.version>2.8.1</dependency.checker.version>
+    <dependency.checker.version>3.0.0-b2</dependency.checker.version>
     <dependency.immutables.version>2.7.5</dependency.immutables.version>
     <!-- test dependencies -->
     <dependency.junit-jupiter.version>5.4.0</dependency.junit-jupiter.version>
@@ -66,9 +66,9 @@
 
       <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.checkerframework/checker-qual -->
       <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.checkerframework</groupId>
+        <groupId>io.github.eisop</groupId>
         <artifactId>checker-qual</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.1</version>
+        <version>${dependency.checker.version}</version>
         <scope>provided</scope>
       </dependency>
 
@@ -282,19 +282,19 @@
       </properties>
       <dependencies>
         <dependency>
-          <groupId>org.checkerframework</groupId>
+          <groupId>io.github.eisop</groupId>
           <artifactId>checker-qual</artifactId>
           <version>${dependency.checker.version}</version>
           <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-          <groupId>org.checkerframework</groupId>
+          <groupId>io.github.eisop</groupId>
           <artifactId>checker</artifactId>
           <version>${dependency.checker.version}</version>
           <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-          <groupId>org.checkerframework</groupId>
+          <groupId>io.github.eisop</groupId>
           <artifactId>jdk8</artifactId>
           <version>${dependency.checker.version}</version>
           <optional>true</optional>
@@ -352,19 +352,53 @@
                 </annotationProcessor>
               </annotationProcessors>
               <compilerArgs>
-                <arg>-Xbootclasspath/p:${org.checkerframework:jdk8:jar}</arg>
+                <arg>-Xbootclasspath/p:${io.github.eisop:jdk8:jar}</arg>
                 <!-- checker.stubs.dir needs to be absolute path since relative path will be
                   interpreted from each module directory -->
                 <arg>-Astubs=${checker.stubs.dir}</arg>
-                <arg>
+                <!--<arg>
                   -AskipDefs=^io\.github\.zchunk\..*\.ReflectionUtil$|^io\.github\.zchunk\..*\.ChecksumUtil$|^.*Test$
-                </arg>
+                </arg>-->
               </compilerArgs>
             </configuration>
           </plugin>
         </plugins>
       </build>
     </profile>
+
+
+    <!-- using github.com/google/error-prone-javac is required when running on JDK 8 -->
+    <profile>
+      <id>jdk8</id>
+      <activation>
+        <jdk>1.8</jdk>
+      </activation>
+      <properties>
+        <javac.version>9-dev-r4023-3</javac.version>
+      </properties>
+      <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>com.google.errorprone</groupId>
+          <artifactId>javac</artifactId>
+          <version>9-dev-r4023-3</version>
+        </dependency>
+      </dependencies>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+            <configuration>
+              <fork>true</fork>
+              <compilerArgs combine.children="append">
+                <arg>-J-Xbootclasspath/p:${settings.localRepository}/com/google/errorprone/javac/${javac.version}/javac-${javac.version}.jar</arg>
+              </compilerArgs>
+            </configuration>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+
   </profiles>
 
 </project>