diff --git a/java8.patch b/java8.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c0e3af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java8.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+diff -urEbwB apache-tomcat-9.0.85-src.orig/build.xml apache-tomcat-9.0.85-src/build.xml
+--- apache-tomcat-9.0.85-src.orig/build.xml	2024-01-17 16:38:45.550245596 +0100
++++ apache-tomcat-9.0.85-src/build.xml	2024-01-17 16:39:27.487195879 +0100
+@@ -107,17 +107,6 @@
+   <!-- Keep in sync with webapps/docs/tomcat-docs.xsl -->
+   <property name="compile.release" value="8"/>
+   <property name="min.java.version" value="8"/>
+-  <property name="build.java.version" value="17"/>
+-
+-  <!-- Check Java Build Version -->
+-  <fail message="Java version ${build.java.version} or newer is required (${java.version} is installed)">
+-    <condition>
+-      <and>
+-        <not><javaversion atleast="${build.java.version}" /></not>
+-        <not><isset property="skip.build.java.version"/></not>
+-      </and>
+-    </condition>
+-  </fail>
+ 
+   <!-- Locations to create the JAR artifacts -->
+   <!-- Standard JARs -->
diff --git a/tomcat.spec b/tomcat.spec
index 56f5499..b73938c 100644
--- a/tomcat.spec
+++ b/tomcat.spec
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ Patch5:         %{name}-%{major_version}.%{minor_version}-jdt.patch
 Patch6:         tomcat-9.0.75-secretRequired-default.patch
 Patch7:         tomcat-9.0-fix_catalina.patch
 Patch8:         tomcat-9.0-logrotate_everything.patch
+Patch9:         java8.patch
 BuildRequires:  ant >= 1.8.1
 BuildRequires:  ant-antlr
 BuildRequires:  apache-commons-collections