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 > **⚠ WARNING: JDK Support.**
 > _This project has now moved to a JDK11 minimum version_
 >
-> Where these aren't appropriate, the [v1.x](https://github.com/webcompere/system-stubs/tree/1.x)
-> version of this will still work for Java versions below 16, and may also be
-> co-erced into working with Java 16 via a [command line switch](https://github.com/stefanbirkner/system-lambda/issues/23#issuecomment-1007608124).
+> The v2.x branch is the LTS version. However, there is best effort support to keep the Java 8 compatible
+> [v1.x](https://github.com/webcompere/system-stubs/tree/1.x) branch.
 
 ## Overview
 System Stubs is used to test code which depends on methods in `java.lang.System`.