diff --git a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/developers/classic-dev-env.rst b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/developers/classic-dev-env.rst
index 423f609dd2f..6feca558267 100755
--- a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/developers/classic-dev-env.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/developers/classic-dev-env.rst
@@ -91,15 +91,15 @@ On Linux, install ``jq`` from your package manager or download a binary from htt
 Install Payara
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-Payara 6.2023.7 or higher is required.
+Payara 6.2023.8 or higher is required.
 
 To install Payara, run the following commands:
 
 ``cd /usr/local``
 
-``sudo curl -O -L https://nexus.payara.fish/repository/payara-community/fish/payara/distributions/payara/6.2023.7/payara-6.2023.7.zip``
+``sudo curl -O -L https://nexus.payara.fish/repository/payara-community/fish/payara/distributions/payara/6.2023.8/payara-6.2023.8.zip``
 
-``sudo unzip payara-6.2023.7.zip``
+``sudo unzip payara-6.2023.8.zip``
 
 ``sudo chown -R $USER /usr/local/payara6``
 
diff --git a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/installation/prerequisites.rst b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/installation/prerequisites.rst
index b86bee9cd31..0022da37f5f 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/installation/prerequisites.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/installation/prerequisites.rst
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ On RHEL/derivative you can make Java 11 the default with the ``alternatives`` co
 Payara
 ------
 
-Payara 6.2023.7 is recommended. Newer versions might work fine. Regular updates are recommended.
+Payara 6.2023.8 is recommended. Newer versions might work fine. Regular updates are recommended.
 
 Installing Payara
 =================
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ Installing Payara
 
 - Download and install Payara (installed in ``/usr/local/payara6`` in the example commands below)::
 
-	# wget https://nexus.payara.fish/repository/payara-community/fish/payara/distributions/payara/6.2023.7/payara-6.2023.7.zip
-	# unzip payara-6.2023.7.zip
+	# wget https://nexus.payara.fish/repository/payara-community/fish/payara/distributions/payara/6.2023.8/payara-6.2023.8.zip
+	# unzip payara-6.2023.8.zip
 	# mv payara6 /usr/local
 
 If nexus.payara.fish is ever down for maintenance, Payara distributions are also available from https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/fish/payara/distributions/payara/
diff --git a/downloads/download.sh b/downloads/download.sh
index 7ccff358820..c5cf4a5f17b 100755
--- a/downloads/download.sh
+++ b/downloads/download.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-curl -L -O https://nexus.payara.fish/repository/payara-community/fish/payara/distributions/payara/6.2023.7/payara-6.2023.7.zip
+curl -L -O https://nexus.payara.fish/repository/payara-community/fish/payara/distributions/payara/6.2023.8/payara-6.2023.8.zip
 curl -L -O https://archive.apache.org/dist/lucene/solr/8.11.1/solr-8.11.1.tgz
 curl -L -O https://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=org/jboss/weld/weld-osgi-bundle/2.2.10.Final/weld-osgi-bundle-2.2.10.Final-glassfish4.jar
 curl -s -L http://sourceforge.net/projects/schemaspy/files/schemaspy/SchemaSpy%205.0.0/schemaSpy_5.0.0.jar/download > schemaSpy_5.0.0.jar
diff --git a/modules/container-base/src/main/docker/Dockerfile b/modules/container-base/src/main/docker/Dockerfile
index 4e11e7835e6..148c29e0ed1 100644
--- a/modules/container-base/src/main/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/modules/container-base/src/main/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -75,8 +75,6 @@ WORKDIR /
 SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-euo", "pipefail", "-c"]
 # Mark these directories as mutuable data containers to avoid cluttering the images overlayfs at runtime.
 VOLUME ${STORAGE_DIR} ${SECRETS_DIR} ${DUMPS_DIR}
-# Workaround for https://github.com/payara/Payara/issues/6344
-ENV JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS="-Djdk.util.zip.disableZip64ExtraFieldValidation=true --add-opens=java.base/java.io=ALL-UNNAMED"
 RUN <<EOF
     # Create pathes
     mkdir -p "${HOME_DIR}" "${PAYARA_DIR}" "${DEPLOY_DIR}" "${CONFIG_DIR}" "${SCRIPT_DIR}"
diff --git a/modules/dataverse-parent/pom.xml b/modules/dataverse-parent/pom.xml
index 7c83ac39736..e86ea53652b 100644
--- a/modules/dataverse-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/dataverse-parent/pom.xml
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
         <argLine>-Duser.timezone=${project.timezone} -Dfile.encoding=${project.build.sourceEncoding} -Duser.language=${project.language} -Duser.region=${project.region}</argLine>
     
         <!-- Major system components and dependencies -->
-        <payara.version>6.2023.7</payara.version>
+        <payara.version>6.2023.8</payara.version>
         <postgresql.version>42.5.1</postgresql.version>
         <solr.version>8.11.1</solr.version>
         <aws.version>1.12.290</aws.version>
diff --git a/scripts/vagrant/setup.sh b/scripts/vagrant/setup.sh
index b446e2dd5dc..001c3ec5dd2 100644
--- a/scripts/vagrant/setup.sh
+++ b/scripts/vagrant/setup.sh
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ SOLR_USER=solr
 echo "Ensuring Unix user '$SOLR_USER' exists"
 useradd $SOLR_USER || :
 DOWNLOAD_DIR='/dataverse/downloads'
-PAYARA_ZIP="$DOWNLOAD_DIR/payara-6.2023.7.zip"
+PAYARA_ZIP="$DOWNLOAD_DIR/payara-6.2023.8.zip"
 SOLR_TGZ="$DOWNLOAD_DIR/solr-8.11.1.tgz"
 if [ ! -f $PAYARA_ZIP ] || [ ! -f $SOLR_TGZ ]; then
     echo "Couldn't find $PAYARA_ZIP or $SOLR_TGZ! Running download script...."