diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index 4a0e5b9..9c6b707 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ name: "CodeQL"
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-      - '[4-9]+.[0-9]+.x'
+      - '[1-9]+.[0-9]+.x'
   pull_request:
     # The branches below must be a subset of the branches above
     branches:
-      - '[4-9]+.[0-9]+.x'
+      - '[1-9]+.[0-9]+.x'
     
 jobs:
   analyze:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/gradle.yml b/.github/workflows/gradle.yml
index 8e00dbf..7808daa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gradle.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gradle.yml
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ on:
       - '[3-9]+.[3-9]+.x'
   pull_request:
     branches:
-      - '[4-9]+.[0-9]+.x'
-      - '[3-9]+.[3-9]+.x'
+      - '[1-9]+.[0-9]+.x'
   workflow_dispatch:
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        java: ['11', '14']
+        java: ['8']
     env:
       WORKSPACE: ${{ github.workspace }}
     steps:
@@ -83,4 +82,4 @@ jobs:
           repo: grails/grails-functional-tests
           ref: ${{ steps.extract_branch.outputs.value }}
           token: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
-          inputs: ${{ steps.dispatch_message.outputs.value }}
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+          inputs: ${{ steps.dispatch_message.outputs.value }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index f5049c1..bd14bac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: 'adopt'
-          java-version: '11'
+          java-version: '8'
       - name: Set the current release version
         id: release_version
         run: echo "value=${GITHUB_REF:11}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT