diff --git a/.github/workflows/testsuite.yml b/.github/workflows/testsuite.yml
index 9c5e7e1f..fd8f56bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testsuite.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testsuite.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         # Supported Java versions: LTS releases and latest
-        jdk: [8, 11, 17, 21]
+        jdk: [11, 17, 21]
 
     name: Clojure (Java ${{ matrix.jdk }})
 
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3795ebe4..7a3cf152 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,7 +15,20 @@ We use [Break Versioning][breakver]. The version numbers follow a `<major>.<mino
 ## UNRELEASED
 
 * **BREAKING**: throw error if `:responses` keys are not integers [#667](https://github.com/metosin/reitit/issues/667)
+* **BREAKING**: Java 8 is no longer supported (Ring-core requires Apache Commons FileUpload which now requires Java 11)
 * Add `:index-redirect?` option to `create-file-handler` and `create-resource-handler` to allow serving index files without redirect [#725](https://github.com/metosin/reitit/pull/725)
+* Changes in 0.8.0-alpha1
+* Updated dependencies:
+
+```
+[fipp "0.6.27"] is available but we use "0.6.26"
+[metosin/jsonista "0.3.13"] is available but we use "0.3.10"
+[metosin/malli "0.17.0"] is available but we use "0.16.4"
+[metosin/muuntaja "0.6.11"] is available but we use "0.6.10"
+[metosin/ring-swagger-ui "5.20.0"] is available but we use "5.9.0"
+[ring/ring-core "1.14.1"] is available but we use "1.12.2"
+[ring/ring-defaults "0.6.0"] is available but we use "0.5.0"
+```
 
 ## 0.8.0-alpha1 (2025-01-31)
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6a0a5994..eafd2180 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ All main modules bundled:
 
 Optionally, the parts can be required separately.
 
-Malli requires Clojure 1.11.
+Reitit requires Clojure 1.11 and Java 11.
 
-Malli is tested with the LTS releases Java 8, 11, 17 and 21.
+Reitit is tested with the LTS releases Java 11, 17 and 21.
 
 ## Quick start
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 38129674..c1d46edd 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     "": {
       "name": "reitit",
       "dependencies": {
-        "shadow-cljs": "^2.28.20"
+        "shadow-cljs": "^2.28.22"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
         "@seriousme/openapi-schema-validator": "^2.3.1",
@@ -2314,9 +2314,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/shadow-cljs": {
-      "version": "2.28.20",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/shadow-cljs/-/shadow-cljs-2.28.20.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-Q9N+aw2suSUZ6vmWhZupl0rkyjoYrnpU1WbMrNrbuUiKE6XjvT1vcBkTUrqkMJEPraV7u+H9b5d/RcKnj8nbhg==",
+      "version": "2.28.22",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/shadow-cljs/-/shadow-cljs-2.28.22.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-WMDdriGwnw+J/0yykMbndtc8vpfe6wSXRl4rkFD5q/3X/AKMaqfZ+PP1Y8tUp6Hpr8+rCEmqkOPi9CKtah+Xcg==",
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
         "node-libs-browser": "^2.2.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 65dd659b..099a051d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@
     "karma-cljs-test": "^0.1.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "shadow-cljs": "^2.28.20"
+    "shadow-cljs": "^2.28.22"
   }
 }
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 4307f08a..ab50f260 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
   :scm {:name "git"
         :url "https://github.com/metosin/reitit"}
   ;; TODO: need to verify that the code actually worked with Java1.8, see #242
-  :javac-options ["-Xlint:unchecked" "-target" "1.8" "-source" "1.8"]
+  ;; Ring 1.13.1 drops support for Java 1.8 so lets target 11
+  :javac-options ["-Xlint:unchecked" "-target" "11" "-source" "11"]
   :managed-dependencies [[metosin/reitit "0.8.0-alpha1"]
                          [metosin/reitit-core "0.8.0-alpha1"]
                          [metosin/reitit-dev "0.8.0-alpha1"]
@@ -33,27 +34,27 @@
                          [metosin/reitit-frontend "0.8.0-alpha1"]
                          [metosin/reitit-sieppari "0.8.0-alpha1"]
                          [metosin/reitit-pedestal "0.8.0-alpha1"]
-                         [metosin/ring-swagger-ui "5.9.0"]
+                         [metosin/ring-swagger-ui "5.20.0"]
                          [metosin/spec-tools "0.10.7"]
                          [metosin/schema-tools "0.13.1"]
-                         [metosin/muuntaja "0.6.10"]
-                         [metosin/jsonista "0.3.10"]
+                         [metosin/muuntaja "0.6.11"]
+                         [metosin/jsonista "0.3.13"]
                          [metosin/sieppari "0.0.0-alpha13"]
-                         [metosin/malli "0.16.4"]
+                         [metosin/malli "0.17.0"]
 
                          ;; https://clojureverse.org/t/depending-on-the-right-versions-of-jackson-libraries/5111
-                         [com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-core "2.17.2"]
-                         [com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-databind "2.17.2"]
+                         [com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-core "2.18.2"]
+                         [com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-databind "2.18.2"]
 
                          [meta-merge "1.0.0"]
-                         [fipp "0.6.26" :exclusions [org.clojure/core.rrb-vector]]
+                         [fipp "0.6.27" :exclusions [org.clojure/core.rrb-vector]]
                          ;; Deep-diff uses this version, override olders versiom from fipp.
                          [org.clojure/core.rrb-vector "0.2.0"]
                          [expound "0.9.0"]
                          [lambdaisland/deep-diff "0.0-47"]
                          [com.bhauman/spell-spec "0.1.2"]
                          [mvxcvi/arrangement "2.1.0"]
-                         [ring/ring-core "1.12.2"]
+                         [ring/ring-core "1.14.1"]
 
                          [io.pedestal/pedestal.service "0.6.4"]]
 
@@ -89,28 +90,28 @@
                    :java-source-paths ["modules/reitit-core/java-src"]
 
                    :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.11.4"]
-                                  [thheller/shadow-cljs "2.28.20"]
+                                  [thheller/shadow-cljs "2.28.22"]
                                   [org.clojure/clojurescript "1.11.132"]
 
                                   ;; modules dependencies
                                   [metosin/schema-tools "0.13.1"]
                                   [metosin/spec-tools "0.10.7"]
-                                  [metosin/muuntaja "0.6.10"]
+                                  [metosin/muuntaja "0.6.11"]
                                   [metosin/sieppari "0.0.0-alpha13"]
-                                  [metosin/jsonista "0.3.10"]
-                                  [metosin/malli "0.16.4"]
+                                  [metosin/jsonista "0.3.13"]
+                                  [metosin/malli "0.17.0"]
                                   [lambdaisland/deep-diff "0.0-47"]
                                   [meta-merge "1.0.0"]
                                   [com.bhauman/spell-spec "0.1.2"]
                                   [expound "0.9.0"]
-                                  [fipp "0.6.26"]
+                                  [fipp "0.6.27"]
 
                                   [orchestra "2021.01.01-1"]
 
-                                  [ring "1.12.2"]
+                                  [ring "1.14.1"]
                                   [ikitommi/immutant-web "3.0.0-alpha1"]
-                                  [metosin/ring-http-response "0.9.4"]
-                                  [metosin/ring-swagger-ui "5.9.0"]
+                                  [metosin/ring-http-response "0.9.5"]
+                                  [metosin/ring-swagger-ui "5.20.0"]
                                   [org.clojure/tools.analyzer "1.2.0"]
 
                                   [criterium "0.4.6"]
@@ -121,32 +122,31 @@
 
                                   [io.pedestal/pedestal.service "0.6.4"]
 
-                                  [org.clojure/core.async "1.6.681"]
+                                  [org.clojure/core.async "1.7.701"]
                                   [manifold "0.4.3"]
                                   [funcool/promesa "11.0.678"]
 
-                                  [com.clojure-goes-fast/clj-async-profiler "1.2.2"]
+                                  [com.clojure-goes-fast/clj-async-profiler "1.6.1"]
                                   [ring-cors "0.1.13"]
 
-                                  [com.bhauman/rebel-readline "0.1.4"]]}
+                                  [com.bhauman/rebel-readline "0.1.5"]]}
              :shadow {:test-paths ["test/cljs"]}
              :perf {:jvm-opts ^:replace ["-server"
                                          "-Xmx4096m"
                                          "-Dclojure.compiler.direct-linking=true"]
                     :test-paths ["perf-test/clj"]
                     :dependencies [[compojure "1.7.1"]
-                                   [ring/ring-defaults "0.5.0"]
+                                   [ring/ring-defaults "0.6.0"]
                                    [ikitommi/immutant-web "3.0.0-alpha1"]
                                    [io.pedestal/pedestal.service "0.6.4"]
                                    [io.pedestal/pedestal.jetty "0.6.4"]
                                    [calfpath "0.8.1"]
-                                   [org.clojure/core.async "1.6.681"]
+                                   [org.clojure/core.async "1.7.701"]
                                    [manifold "0.4.3"]
                                    [funcool/promesa "11.0.678"]
                                    [metosin/sieppari]
                                    [yada "1.2.16"]
-                                   [aleph "0.8.1"]
-                                   [ring/ring-defaults "0.5.0"]
+                                   [aleph "0.8.3"]
                                    [ataraxy "0.4.3"]
                                    [bidi "2.1.6"]
                                    [janus "1.3.2"]]}