From e564c0b9aa84d873588154a8ebe564e6bf7574e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: PJ Fanning <pjfanning@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2026 14:58:10 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] use java8 in 1.x builds

---
 .github/workflows/stage-release-candidate.yml | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/stage-release-candidate.yml b/.github/workflows/stage-release-candidate.yml
index 2e23dd323..d0abc8fdf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stage-release-candidate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stage-release-candidate.yml
@@ -205,11 +205,11 @@ jobs:
           fetch-tags: true
           persist-credentials: false
 
-      - name: Setup Java 17
+      - name: Setup Java 8
         uses: actions/setup-java@0f481fcb613427c0f801b606911222b5b6f3083a # v5.5.0
         with:
           distribution: temurin
-          java-version: 17
+          java-version: 8
 
       - name: Install sbt
         uses: sbt/setup-sbt@66fb4376e81982c7d92a4074170846fff88e2e30 # v1.5.0