diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 3f87541daf..772055367d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
         scala: [2.12.10, 2.11.12]
-        java: [adopt@1.11]
+        java: [adopt@1.8]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout current branch (full)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index cb74691dff..584e7bfc6c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Java and Scala
         uses: olafurpg/setup-scala@v10
         with:
-          java-version: adopt@1.11
+          java-version: adopt@1.8
 
       - name: Cache sbt
         uses: actions/cache@v2