diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 9af87a2b..13bcff0b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        java: [11, 16]
+        java: [8, 11, 16]
       fail-fast: false
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 265bc7af..54ebb418 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Jetty's `LoadGenerator` is an API to load-test HTTP servers, based on Jetty's `H
 | Jetty Load Generator Version | Jetty Version | Java Version
 | :---: | :---: | :---:
 | 1.0.x | 9.4.x | Java 11
+| 1.1.x | 9.4.x | Java 8
 | 2.0.x | 11.0.x | Java 11
 
 The design of the `LoadGenerator` is based around these concepts:
diff --git a/jetty-load-generator-client/pom.xml b/jetty-load-generator-client/pom.xml
index eac15c6e..d1acbed3 100644
--- a/jetty-load-generator-client/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-load-generator-client/pom.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty.loadgenerator</groupId>
     <artifactId>jetty-load-generator</artifactId>
@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@
       <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty.http2</groupId>
       <artifactId>http2-http-client-transport</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jetty-alpn-java-client</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
       <artifactId>jetty-util-ajax</artifactId>
@@ -50,11 +46,6 @@
       <artifactId>jetty-servlet</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jetty-alpn-java-server</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
       <artifactId>jetty-jmx</artifactId>
@@ -81,4 +72,41 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
+
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>java8</id>
+      <activation>
+        <jdk>1.8</jdk>
+      </activation>
+      <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jetty-alpn-openjdk8-client</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jetty-alpn-openjdk8-server</artifactId>
+          <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+      </dependencies>
+    </profile>
+    <profile>
+      <id>java9+</id>
+      <activation>
+        <jdk>[9,)</jdk>
+      </activation>
+      <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jetty-alpn-java-client</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jetty-alpn-java-server</artifactId>
+          <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+      </dependencies>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/jetty-load-generator-client/src/main/java/org/mortbay/jetty/load/generator/LoadGenerator.java b/jetty-load-generator-client/src/main/java/org/mortbay/jetty/load/generator/LoadGenerator.java
index 04e472f3..bad9b40d 100644
--- a/jetty-load-generator-client/src/main/java/org/mortbay/jetty/load/generator/LoadGenerator.java
+++ b/jetty-load-generator-client/src/main/java/org/mortbay/jetty/load/generator/LoadGenerator.java
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ public void failed(Throwable x) {
             }
         }, nodes);
         Sender sender = new Sender(client, warmup, treeCallback);
-        sender.offer(List.of(info));
+        sender.offer(Collections.singletonList(info));
         sender.send();
     }
 
diff --git a/jetty-load-generator-client/src/main/java/org/mortbay/jetty/load/generator/Resource.java b/jetty-load-generator-client/src/main/java/org/mortbay/jetty/load/generator/Resource.java
index e4e9f4ed..e95bb302 100644
--- a/jetty-load-generator-client/src/main/java/org/mortbay/jetty/load/generator/Resource.java
+++ b/jetty-load-generator-client/src/main/java/org/mortbay/jetty/load/generator/Resource.java
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ public long getResponseLength() {
      * @return this Resource
      */
     public Resource resources(Resource... resources) {
-        this.resources.addAll(List.of(resources));
+        this.resources.addAll(Arrays.asList(resources));
         return this;
     }
 
diff --git a/jetty-load-generator-listeners/pom.xml b/jetty-load-generator-listeners/pom.xml
index 48f295fc..71d09c51 100644
--- a/jetty-load-generator-listeners/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-load-generator-listeners/pom.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty.loadgenerator</groupId>
     <artifactId>jetty-load-generator</artifactId>
diff --git a/jetty-load-generator-listeners/src/main/java/org/mortbay/jetty/load/generator/listeners/ReportListener.java b/jetty-load-generator-listeners/src/main/java/org/mortbay/jetty/load/generator/listeners/ReportListener.java
index dc83ef41..d2fcba37 100644
--- a/jetty-load-generator-listeners/src/main/java/org/mortbay/jetty/load/generator/listeners/ReportListener.java
+++ b/jetty-load-generator-listeners/src/main/java/org/mortbay/jetty/load/generator/listeners/ReportListener.java
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ public void toJSON(JSON.Output out) {
             HistogramLogWriter hw = new HistogramLogWriter(histogramOutput);
             hw.outputIntervalHistogram(getResponseTimeHistogram());
             hw.close();
-            out.add("histogram", histogramOutput.toString(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+            out.add("histogram", new String(histogramOutput.toByteArray(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
         }
 
         @Override
diff --git a/jetty-load-generator-starter/pom.xml b/jetty-load-generator-starter/pom.xml
index 2d378a7d..2aec5c7b 100644
--- a/jetty-load-generator-starter/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-load-generator-starter/pom.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty.loadgenerator</groupId>
     <artifactId>jetty-load-generator</artifactId>
diff --git a/jetty-load-generator-starter/src/main/java/org/mortbay/jetty/load/generator/starter/LoadGeneratorStarter.java b/jetty-load-generator-starter/src/main/java/org/mortbay/jetty/load/generator/starter/LoadGeneratorStarter.java
index dc0a3bc6..7aad5990 100644
--- a/jetty-load-generator-starter/src/main/java/org/mortbay/jetty/load/generator/starter/LoadGeneratorStarter.java
+++ b/jetty-load-generator-starter/src/main/java/org/mortbay/jetty/load/generator/starter/LoadGeneratorStarter.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
-import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.time.ZoneId;
 import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
         }
         String statsFile = starterArgs.getStatsFile();
         if (statsFile != null) {
-            try (OutputStream output = Files.newOutputStream(Path.of(statsFile))) {
+            try (OutputStream output = Files.newOutputStream(Paths.get(statsFile))) {
                 Map<String, Object> map = new HashMap<>();
                 map.put("config", generator.getConfig());
                 map.put("report", report);
diff --git a/jetty-load-generator-starter/src/test/java/org/mortbay/jetty/load/generator/starter/LoadGeneratorStarterTest.java b/jetty-load-generator-starter/src/test/java/org/mortbay/jetty/load/generator/starter/LoadGeneratorStarterTest.java
index 4a63e172..803e2994 100644
--- a/jetty-load-generator-starter/src/test/java/org/mortbay/jetty/load/generator/starter/LoadGeneratorStarterTest.java
+++ b/jetty-load-generator-starter/src/test/java/org/mortbay/jetty/load/generator/starter/LoadGeneratorStarterTest.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -169,7 +170,7 @@ public void onCommit(Request request) {
     @Test
     public void testFromGroovyToJSON() throws Exception {
         try (Reader reader = Files.newBufferedReader(Paths.get("src/test/resources/tree_resources.groovy"))) {
-            Resource resource = LoadGeneratorStarterArgs.evaluateGroovy(reader, Map.of());
+            Resource resource = LoadGeneratorStarterArgs.evaluateGroovy(reader, Collections.emptyMap());
             Path tmpPath = Files.createTempFile("resources_", ".tmp");
             tmpPath.toFile().deleteOnExit();
             try (BufferedWriter writer = Files.newBufferedWriter(tmpPath, StandardCharsets.UTF_8)) {
@@ -184,7 +185,7 @@ public void testFromGroovyToJSON() throws Exception {
     @Test
     public void testCalculateDescendantCount() throws Exception {
         try (Reader reader = Files.newBufferedReader(Paths.get("src/test/resources/tree_resources.groovy"))) {
-            Resource resource = LoadGeneratorStarterArgs.evaluateGroovy(reader, Map.of());
+            Resource resource = LoadGeneratorStarterArgs.evaluateGroovy(reader, Collections.emptyMap());
             Assert.assertEquals(17, resource.descendantCount());
         }
     }
@@ -223,7 +224,7 @@ public void testFullJSON() {
 
     @Test
     public void testStatsFile() throws Exception {
-        Path statsPath = Files.createTempFile(Path.of("target"), "jlg-stats-", ".json");
+        Path statsPath = Files.createTempFile(Paths.get("target"), "jlg-stats-", ".json");
         statsPath.toFile().deleteOnExit();
         String[] args = new String[]{
                 "--port",
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e6e7d28f..a60c7e8b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty.loadgenerator</groupId>
@@ -73,6 +73,16 @@
         <artifactId>jetty-client</artifactId>
         <version>${jetty.version}</version>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jetty-alpn-openjdk8-client</artifactId>
+        <version>${jetty.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jetty-alpn-openjdk8-server</artifactId>
+        <version>${jetty.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
         <artifactId>jetty-alpn-java-client</artifactId>
@@ -153,7 +163,7 @@
             <configuration>
               <rules>
                 <requireJavaVersion>
-                  <version>[11,)</version>
+                  <version>[1.8,)</version>
                 </requireJavaVersion>
                 <requireMavenVersion>
                   <version>[3.5,)</version>
@@ -166,9 +176,8 @@
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
-          <source>11</source>
-          <target>11</target>
-          <release>11</release>
+          <source>8</source>
+          <target>8</target>
           <showDeprecation>true</showDeprecation>
           <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
           <compilerArgument>-Xlint:all,-serial,-unchecked</compilerArgument>
@@ -284,9 +293,6 @@
           <version>3.2.0</version>
           <configuration>
             <source>8</source>
-            <additionalOptions>
-              <additionalOption>-html5</additionalOption>
-            </additionalOptions>
           </configuration>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
@@ -356,6 +362,30 @@
   </developers>
 
   <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>java9+</id>
+      <activation>
+        <jdk>[9,)</jdk>
+      </activation>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+            <configuration>
+              <release>8</release>
+            </configuration>
+          </plugin>
+          <plugin>
+            <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+            <configuration>
+              <additionalOptions>
+                <additionalOption>-html5</additionalOption>
+              </additionalOptions>
+            </configuration>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
     <profile>
       <id>release</id>
       <build>