diff --git a/gradle/verification-metadata.xml b/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
index f8f81bd90eeeb..24ede89144e41 100644
--- a/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
+++ b/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@
             <sha256 value="10fe288fd7a2cdaf5175332b73529f9abf8fd54dcfff317d6967c0c35ffb133b" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
          </artifact>
       </component>
-      <component group="co.elastic.apm" name="elastic-apm-agent" version="1.55.0">
-         <artifact name="elastic-apm-agent-1.55.0.jar">
-            <sha256 value="3cbba96a64593c14568399dbc816fc36a5647e39449e1d4cf1eedce9880a9d3e" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
+      <component group="co.elastic.apm" name="elastic-apm-agent-java8" version="1.55.0">
+         <artifact name="elastic-apm-agent-java8-1.55.0.jar">
+            <sha256 value="a4f3ae98e180dd5138cc8c719889366fe7d3afcecdb618da6db0b144a1717ac8" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
          </artifact>
       </component>
       <component group="co.elastic.logging" name="ecs-logging-core" version="1.2.0">
diff --git a/modules/apm/build.gradle b/modules/apm/build.gradle
index 37d42e4b3fb0c..83d988e966899 100644
--- a/modules/apm/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/apm/build.gradle
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ dependencies {
   implementation "io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api:${otelVersion}"
   implementation "io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-context:${otelVersion}"
   implementation "io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-semconv:${otelSemconvVersion}"
-  runtimeOnly    "co.elastic.apm:elastic-apm-agent:1.55.0"
+  runtimeOnly    "co.elastic.apm:elastic-apm-agent-java8:1.55.0"
 
   javaRestTestImplementation project(':modules:apm')
   javaRestTestImplementation project(':test:framework')
diff --git a/modules/apm/licenses/elastic-apm-agent-LICENSE.txt b/modules/apm/licenses/elastic-apm-agent-java8-LICENSE.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/apm/licenses/elastic-apm-agent-LICENSE.txt
rename to modules/apm/licenses/elastic-apm-agent-java8-LICENSE.txt
diff --git a/modules/apm/licenses/elastic-apm-agent-NOTICE.txt b/modules/apm/licenses/elastic-apm-agent-java8-NOTICE.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/apm/licenses/elastic-apm-agent-NOTICE.txt
rename to modules/apm/licenses/elastic-apm-agent-java8-NOTICE.txt