diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 27bd8fd1..a7dd6149 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 language: java
 
 jdk:
-- oraclejdk7
+- oraclejdk8
 
 before_install:
 - chmod +x gradlew
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7c53122e..172aa23c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  - Made start column optional in user-defined dictionaries (specification 1.1).
  - Made NAACCR version optional in user-defined dictionaries  specification 1.1).
  - Added optional attribute "specificationVersion" to the root dictionary and data XML tags, now set to 1.1 by default.
+ - Library now requires Java 8 at minimum.
 
 **Version 1.3**