diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 1d978d5..a55c3c0 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   * Team upload.
   * New upstream release
     - Refreshed the patches
+    - Depend on Java 8
   * debian/watch: Track the release tags on GitHub
   * Standards-Version updated to 3.9.8
   * Use secure Vcs-* URLs
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index c789b7a..0b0db50 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 Build-Depends: ant,
                ant-optional,
                debhelper (>= 9.0.0),
-               default-jdk,
+               default-jdk (>= 2:1.8),
                docbook-xsl (>= 1.76),
                help2man,
                java-wrappers,
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 Package: findbugs
 Architecture: all
-Depends: default-jre | java7-runtime,
+Depends: default-jre (>= 2:1.8) | java8-runtime,
          java-wrappers,
          junit4,
          libasm4-java,
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index d266125..e32478f 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 	dh $@ --with maven_repo_helper
 
 override_dh_auto_build:
-	ant docs build -Dant.java.version=1.7
+	ant docs build -Dant.java.version=1.8
 
 override_dh_auto_install:
 	chmod -x $(CURDIR)/bin/findbugs.ico
@@ -45,6 +45,6 @@
 	dh_auto_clean
 
 override_dh_auto_test:
-	ant test -Dant.java.version=1.7
+	ant test -Dant.java.version=1.8
 	dh_auto_test