. e get tests to green by running tests w 16+

Author: LarsEckart

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
           distribution: 'zulu'
-          java-version: '8'
+          java-version: '17'
 
       - name: Determine version from git tag
         id: version

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        java: ['8', '11', '16', '17', '18', '19', '20', '21']
+        java: ['16', '17', '18', '19', '20', '21']
         os: [ ubuntu, windows ]
 
     steps: