diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4bff59f..182c983 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 
 Java 11 or later is required to run require-javadoc.
 
+## 1.0.8 (2024-03-27)
+
+Bugfix: reinstate support for compiling and running under JDK 8.
+
 ## 1.0.7 (2024-03-26)
 
 Support Java 17 syntax.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 93e721a..b7b62d8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ configurations {
   requireJavadoc
 }
 dependencies {
-  requireJavadoc "org.plumelib:require-javadoc:1.0.7"
+  requireJavadoc "org.plumelib:require-javadoc:1.0.8"
 }
 task requireJavadoc(type: JavaExec) {
   group = 'Documentation'
diff --git a/gradle/mavencentral.gradle b/gradle/mavencentral.gradle
index a90f2a1..f0c6e21 100644
--- a/gradle/mavencentral.gradle
+++ b/gradle/mavencentral.gradle
@@ -14,15 +14,15 @@
 //  * Run in the top-level directory:  ./gradlew clean publish
 //  * Browse to https://oss.sonatype.org/#stagingRepositories, complete the Maven Central release.
 //  * Add a git tag:
-//    VER=1.0.7 && git commit -m "Version $VER" && git push && git tag -a v$VER -m "Version $VER" && git push && git push --tags
-//  * Make a GitHub release. Go to the GitHub releases page, make a release, call it "require-javadoc 1.0.7", use the text from ../CHANGELOG.md as the description, attach the .jar and -all.jar files from ../build/libs/ .
+//    VER=1.0.8 && git commit -m "Version $VER" && git push && git tag -a v$VER -m "Version $VER" && git push && git push --tags
+//  * Make a GitHub release. Go to the GitHub releases page, make a release, call it "require-javadoc 1.0.8", use the text from ../CHANGELOG.md as the description, attach the .jar and -all.jar files from ../build/libs/ .
 //  * Finally, run on the CSE filesystem:  git pull && ./gradlew javadocWeb
 
 apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
 apply plugin: 'signing'
 
 group "org.plumelib"
-version "1.0.7"
+version "1.0.8"
 
 final isSnapshot = version.contains('SNAPSHOT')
 
diff --git a/src/test/README b/src/test/README
index fb61716..1ee2347 100644
--- a/src/test/README
+++ b/src/test/README
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ Tests are not yet automated. :-(
 
 The diff output should be empty:
 
-(cd ../.. && ./gradlew assemble) && sleep .1 && java -cp ../../build/libs/require-javadoc-1.0.7-all.jar org.plumelib.javadoc.RequireJavadoc --relative --dont-require-trivial-properties --dont-require-noarg-constructor > out.txt 
+(cd ../.. && ./gradlew assemble) && sleep .1 && java -cp ../../build/libs/require-javadoc-1.0.8-all.jar org.plumelib.javadoc.RequireJavadoc --relative --dont-require-trivial-properties --dont-require-noarg-constructor > out.txt 
 
 diff expected.txt out.txt