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- Jetty 10 requires Java 11 and Jetty 9 reached end of community support in May 2022
- OpenSAML 4 requires Java 11 and OpenSAML 3 reached end of life in May 2021
- Kafka 3 deprecated support for Java 8 in September 2021
- Spring 6 removed support for Java 8 and Java 11 in November 2022
The Developers mailing list thread discussing a strategy for dropping Java 8 support provides additional background.
Subsequent discussion on the Developers mailing list indicated a general preference for making Java 17 the minimum required version. NIFI-11717 changed the minimum required version from Java 11 to Java 17.
Remove Deprecated Components
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