diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0a42d59..a8552c3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <guava.version>28.2-jre</guava.version>
+        <maven.compiler.source>8</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>8</maven.compiler.target>
     </properties>
 
     <scm>
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/spotify/dns/AbstractChangeNotifierTest.java b/src/test/java/com/spotify/dns/AbstractChangeNotifierTest.java
index b8bb0a6..8ffd357 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/spotify/dns/AbstractChangeNotifierTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/spotify/dns/AbstractChangeNotifierTest.java
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 
 import java.util.Set;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -51,10 +53,10 @@ public class AbstractChangeNotifierTest {
   public void setUp() {
     MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);
 
-    sut = new AbstractChangeNotifier<>() {
+    sut = new AbstractChangeNotifier<String>() {
       @Override
       public Set<String> current() {
-        return Set.of("foo", "bar");
+        return Sets.newHashSet("foo", "bar");
       }
 
       @Override
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/spotify/dns/AggregatingChangeNotifierTest.java b/src/test/java/com/spotify/dns/AggregatingChangeNotifierTest.java
index 1e28902..5f58553 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/spotify/dns/AggregatingChangeNotifierTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/spotify/dns/AggregatingChangeNotifierTest.java
@@ -21,22 +21,25 @@
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions;
 
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 public class AggregatingChangeNotifierTest {
   @Test
   public void testEmptySet() {
     MyNotifier childNotifier = new MyNotifier();
-    AggregatingChangeNotifier<String> notifier = new AggregatingChangeNotifier<>(List.of(childNotifier));
+    AggregatingChangeNotifier<String> notifier = new AggregatingChangeNotifier<>(Arrays.asList(childNotifier));
 
     ChangeNotifier.Listener listener = mock(ChangeNotifier.Listener.class);
     notifier.setListener(listener, false);
 
     verify(listener, never()).onChange(any(ChangeNotifier.ChangeNotification.class));
 
-    childNotifier.set(Set.of());
+    childNotifier.set(Sets.newHashSet());
     verifyNoMoreInteractions(listener);
 
   }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/spotify/dns/DnsLookupPerformanceTest.java b/src/test/java/com/spotify/dns/DnsLookupPerformanceTest.java
index fad3c90..06cadc2 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/spotify/dns/DnsLookupPerformanceTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/spotify/dns/DnsLookupPerformanceTest.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ public class DnsLookupPerformanceTest {
     public void runTest() throws InterruptedException {
         int numThreads = 3;
         final ExecutorService executorService = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(numThreads);
-        List<String> records = List.of(
+        List<String> records = Arrays.asList(
                 "_spotify-noop._http.services.gew1.spotify.net.",
                 "_spotify-noop._http.services.guc3.spotify.net.",
                 "_spotify-noop._http.services.gae2.spotify.net.",
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/spotify/dns/DnsSrvResolversIT.java b/src/test/java/com/spotify/dns/DnsSrvResolversIT.java
index 919db52..e40d23c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/spotify/dns/DnsSrvResolversIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/spotify/dns/DnsSrvResolversIT.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 import com.spotify.dns.statistics.DnsReporter;
 import com.spotify.dns.statistics.DnsTimingContext;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ public void shouldReturnResultsUsingSpecifiedServers() throws Exception {
     final String server = new SimpleResolver().getAddress().getHostName();
     final DnsSrvResolver resolver = DnsSrvResolvers
         .newBuilder()
-        .servers(List.of(server))
+        .servers(Arrays.asList(server))
         .build();
     assertThat(resolver.resolve("_spotify-client._tcp.spotify.com").isEmpty(), is(false));
     assertThat(resolver.resolveAsync("_spotify-client._tcp.spotify.com").toCompletableFuture().get().isEmpty(), is(false));
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/spotify/dns/DnsSrvWatchersTest.java b/src/test/java/com/spotify/dns/DnsSrvWatchersTest.java
index 5965e60..211d759 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/spotify/dns/DnsSrvWatchersTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/spotify/dns/DnsSrvWatchersTest.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.contains;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ public FakeResolver(String fqdn, LookupResult result) {
     @Override
     public List<LookupResult> resolve(String fqdn) {
       if (this.fqdn.equals(fqdn)) {
-        return List.of(result);
+        return Arrays.asList(result);
       } else {
         return null;
       }
@@ -89,9 +90,9 @@ public List<LookupResult> resolve(String fqdn) {
     @Override
     public CompletionStage<List<LookupResult>> resolveAsync(String fqdn) {
       if (this.fqdn.equals(fqdn)) {
-        return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(List.of(result));
+        return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(Arrays.asList(result));
       } else {
-        return CompletableFuture.failedFuture(new DnsException(this.fqdn + " != " + fqdn));
+        return DnsTestUtil.failedFuture(new DnsException(this.fqdn + " != " + fqdn));
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/spotify/dns/DnsTestUtil.java b/src/test/java/com/spotify/dns/DnsTestUtil.java
index 9d3c503..d56cce7 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/spotify/dns/DnsTestUtil.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/spotify/dns/DnsTestUtil.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package com.spotify.dns;
 
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
@@ -29,4 +30,22 @@ static List<LookupResult> nodes(String... nodeNames) {
         .map(input -> LookupResult.create(input, 8080, 1, 2, 999))
         .collect(Collectors.toList());
   }
+
+  /**
+   * method to replace CompletableFuture.failedFuture() from Java 9 in Java 8
+   */
+  static CompletableFuture<List<LookupResult>> failedFuture(Exception ex) {
+    CompletableFuture<List<LookupResult>> future = new CompletableFuture<>();
+    future.completeExceptionally(ex);
+    return future;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * method to replace CompletableFuture.failedFuture() from Java 9 in Java 8
+   */
+  static CompletableFuture<List<LookupResult>> failedFuture(Error error) {
+    CompletableFuture<List<LookupResult>> future = new CompletableFuture<>();
+    future.completeExceptionally(error);
+    return future;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/spotify/dns/MeteredDnsSrvResolverTest.java b/src/test/java/com/spotify/dns/MeteredDnsSrvResolverTest.java
index acc582e..09e1c8e 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/spotify/dns/MeteredDnsSrvResolverTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/spotify/dns/MeteredDnsSrvResolverTest.java
@@ -131,7 +131,9 @@ public void shouldReportRuntimeException() throws Exception {
 
   @Test
   public void shouldReportRuntimeExceptionAsync() throws Exception {
-    when(delegate.resolveAsync(FQDN)).thenReturn(CompletableFuture.failedFuture((RUNTIME_EXCEPTION)));
+    CompletableFuture<List<LookupResult>> future = new CompletableFuture<>();
+    future.completeExceptionally(RUNTIME_EXCEPTION);
+    when(delegate.resolveAsync(FQDN)).thenReturn(future);
 
     try {
       resolver.resolveAsync(FQDN).toCompletableFuture().get();
@@ -161,7 +163,7 @@ public void shouldNotReportError() throws Exception {
 
   @Test
   public void shouldNotReportErrorAsync() throws Exception {
-    when(delegate.resolveAsync(FQDN)).thenReturn(CompletableFuture.failedFuture(ERROR));
+    when(delegate.resolveAsync(FQDN)).thenReturn(DnsTestUtil.failedFuture(ERROR));
 
     try {
       resolver.resolveAsync(FQDN).toCompletableFuture().get();
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/spotify/dns/RetainingDnsSrvResolverTest.java b/src/test/java/com/spotify/dns/RetainingDnsSrvResolverTest.java
index fb245ab..fed3283 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/spotify/dns/RetainingDnsSrvResolverTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/spotify/dns/RetainingDnsSrvResolverTest.java
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ public void shouldRetainDataOnFailure() {
   public void shouldRetainDataOnFailureAsync() throws ExecutionException, InterruptedException {
     when(delegate.resolveAsync(FQDN))
         .thenReturn(CompletableFuture.completedFuture(nodes1))
-        .thenReturn(CompletableFuture.failedFuture(new DnsException("expected")));
+        .thenReturn(DnsTestUtil.failedFuture(new DnsException("expected")));
 
     resolver.resolveAsync(FQDN).toCompletableFuture().get();
 
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ public void shouldThrowOnFailureAndNoDataAvailable() {
   @Test
   public void shouldThrowOnFailureAndNoDataAvailableAsync() throws ExecutionException, InterruptedException {
     DnsException cause = new DnsException("expected");
-    when(delegate.resolveAsync(FQDN)).thenReturn(CompletableFuture.failedFuture(cause));
+    when(delegate.resolveAsync(FQDN)).thenReturn(DnsTestUtil.failedFuture(cause));
 
     thrown.expect(ExecutionException.class);
     thrown.expectCause(is(cause));
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ public void shouldNotStoreEmptyResultsAsync() throws ExecutionException, Interru
     DnsException cause = new DnsException("expected");
     when(delegate.resolveAsync(FQDN))
         .thenReturn(CompletableFuture.completedFuture(nodes()))
-        .thenReturn(CompletableFuture.failedFuture(cause));
+        .thenReturn(DnsTestUtil.failedFuture(cause));
 
     resolver.resolveAsync(FQDN).toCompletableFuture().get();
 
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ public void shouldNotRetainPastEndOfRetentionOnExceptionAsync() throws Exception
     DnsException expected = new DnsException("expected");
     when(delegate.resolveAsync(FQDN))
         .thenReturn(CompletableFuture.completedFuture(nodes("aresult")))
-        .thenReturn(CompletableFuture.failedFuture(expected));
+        .thenReturn(DnsTestUtil.failedFuture(expected));
 
     resolver.resolveAsync(FQDN).toCompletableFuture().get();
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/spotify/dns/ServiceResolvingChangeNotifierTest.java b/src/test/java/com/spotify/dns/ServiceResolvingChangeNotifierTest.java
index 9e01fc7..ebb06ea 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/spotify/dns/ServiceResolvingChangeNotifierTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/spotify/dns/ServiceResolvingChangeNotifierTest.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 package com.spotify.dns;
 
-import static java.util.List.of;
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsInAnyOrder;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
@@ -29,8 +28,10 @@
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -62,9 +63,10 @@ public void shouldCallListenerOnChange() {
 
     LookupResult result1 = result("host", 1234);
     LookupResult result2 = result("host", 4321);
-    when(resolver.resolve(FQDN)).thenReturn(of(result1), of(result1, result2));
+    when(resolver.resolve(FQDN)).thenReturn(Arrays.asList(result1), Arrays.asList(result1, result2));
     when(resolver.resolveAsync(FQDN))
-        .thenReturn(CompletableFuture.completedFuture(of(result1)), CompletableFuture.completedFuture(of(result1, result2)));
+        .thenReturn(CompletableFuture.completedFuture(Arrays.asList(result1)),
+                CompletableFuture.completedFuture(Arrays.asList(result1, result2)));
 
     sut.run();
     sut.run();
@@ -96,9 +98,9 @@ public void shouldCallListenerOnSet() {
 
     LookupResult result = result("host", 1234);
     when(resolver.resolve(FQDN))
-            .thenReturn(of(result));
+            .thenReturn(Arrays.asList(result));
     when(resolver.resolveAsync(FQDN))
-        .thenReturn(CompletableFuture.completedFuture(of(result)));
+        .thenReturn(CompletableFuture.completedFuture(Arrays.asList(result)));
 
     sut.run();
     sut.setListener(listener, true);
@@ -122,9 +124,10 @@ public void shouldReturnImmutableSets() {
     LookupResult result1 = result("host", 1234);
     LookupResult result2 = result("host", 4321);
     when(resolver.resolve(FQDN))
-            .thenReturn(of(result1), of(result1, result2));
+            .thenReturn(Arrays.asList(result1), Arrays.asList(result1, result2));
     when(resolver.resolveAsync(FQDN))
-        .thenReturn(CompletableFuture.completedFuture(of(result1)), CompletableFuture.completedFuture(of(result1, result2)));
+        .thenReturn(CompletableFuture.completedFuture(Arrays.asList(result1)),
+                CompletableFuture.completedFuture(Arrays.asList(result1, result2)));
 
     sut.run();
     sut.setListener(listener, true);
@@ -158,9 +161,10 @@ public void shouldOnlyChangeIfTransformedValuesChange() {
     LookupResult result1 = result("host", 1234);
     LookupResult result2 = result("host", 4321);
     when(resolver.resolve(FQDN))
-            .thenReturn(of(result1), of(result1, result2));
+            .thenReturn(Arrays.asList(result1), Arrays.asList(result1, result2));
     when(resolver.resolveAsync(FQDN))
-        .thenReturn(CompletableFuture.completedFuture(of(result1)), CompletableFuture.completedFuture(of(result1, result2)));
+        .thenReturn(CompletableFuture.completedFuture(Arrays.asList(result1)),
+                CompletableFuture.completedFuture(Arrays.asList(result1, result2)));
 
     sut.run();
     sut.run();
@@ -197,12 +201,12 @@ public void shouldDoSomethingWithNulls() {
     ChangeNotifier.Listener<String> listener = mock(ChangeNotifier.Listener.class);
 
     when(resolver.resolve(FQDN))
-            .thenReturn(of(
+            .thenReturn(Arrays.asList(
                     result("host1", 1234),
                     result("host2", 1234),
                     result("host3", 1234)));
     when(resolver.resolveAsync(FQDN))
-        .thenReturn(CompletableFuture.completedFuture(of(
+        .thenReturn(CompletableFuture.completedFuture(Arrays.asList(
             result("host1", 1234),
             result("host2", 1234),
             result("host3", 1234))));
@@ -228,7 +232,7 @@ public void shouldCallErrorHandlerOnResolveErrors() {
     when(resolver.resolve(FQDN))
             .thenThrow(exception);
     when(resolver.resolveAsync(FQDN))
-        .thenReturn(CompletableFuture.failedFuture(exception));
+        .thenReturn(DnsTestUtil.failedFuture(exception));
 
     sut.setListener(listener, false);
     sut.run();