diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 723be26..3cf7bb7 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@
 
   <!-- Java EE 7 platform requires Java 7+ -->
   <!-- Keep in sync with webapps/docs/tomcat-docs.xsl -->
-  <property name="compile.release" value="7"/>
-  <property name="min.java.version" value="7"/>
+  <property name="compile.release" value="8"/>
+  <property name="min.java.version" value="8"/>
   <property name="build.java.version" value="11"/>
 
   <!-- Locations to create the JAR artifacts -->
--- a/webapps/docs/tomcat-docs.xsl
+++ b/webapps/docs/tomcat-docs.xsl
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
   <xsl:param    name="version"             select="'8.5.x'"/>
   <xsl:param    name="majorversion"        select="'8'"/>
   <xsl:param    name="majorminorversion"   select="'8.5'"/>
-  <xsl:param    name="minjavaversion"      select="'7'"/>
+  <xsl:param    name="minjavaversion"      select="'8'"/>
   <xsl:param    name="buildjavaversion"    select="'11'"/>
   <xsl:param    name="antversionrequired"  select="'1.9.10'"/>
   <xsl:param    name="build-date"          select="'MMM d yyyy'"/>
--- a/modules/jdbc-pool/build.properties.default
+++ b/modules/jdbc-pool/build.properties.default
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ version.suffix=
 # contexts by the various build scripts.
 base.path=${basedir}/includes
 
-compile.release=7
+compile.release=8
 compile.debug=true
 
 # Do not pass -deprecation (-Xlint:deprecation) flag to javac