diff --git a/website/site/content/docs/install/prereq.md b/website/site/content/docs/install/prereq.md
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@@ -21,11 +21,9 @@ It is enough to install the JRE. The JDK is required, if you want to
 build docspell from source. For newer versions, the JRE is not shipped
 anymore, simply use JDK then.
 
-Docspell has been tested with Java version 1.8 (or sometimes referred
-to as JRE 8 and JDK 8, respectively). The pre-build packages are build
-using JDK 8. So at least a JDK/JRE 8 is required. However, it also
-works on newer java versions, I recommend JDK 11 as this has better
-default options. The provided docker images use JDK11, too.
+Docspell has been tested with Java 11 (or sometimes referred to as JDK
+11). The provided packages are build using JDK 11. However, it also
+works on newer java versions. The provided docker images use JDK11.
 
 The next tools are only required on machines running the *Joex*
 component.