From 3f73e9ecc05842ef1b2f2a31b51e8c168d7dfcc5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Oliver Kopp <kopp.dev@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2018 09:43:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Set minimum java to 171 (#4095)

* Reduce min java version to 171
---
 CHANGELOG.md | 1 +
 build.gradle | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c03b1ac6018..b2d0a3d5b39 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ We refer to [GitHub issues](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues) by using `#
 
 ### Changed
 - BACKPORT: We use `https` for [fetching from most online bibliographic database](https://help.jabref.org/en/#-using-online-bibliographic-database).
+- BACKPORT: We changed the minimum required version of Java to 1.8.0_171, as this is the latest release for which the automatic Java update works.  [4093](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/4093)
 
 ### Fixed
 - BACKPORT: We fixed an issue where custom exports could not be selected in the 'Export (selected) entries' dialog [#4013](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/4013)
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index b6247e819db..4f33662dd6b 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ targetCompatibility = 1.8
 mainClassName = "org.jabref.JabRefMain"
 
 // These are the Java version requirements we will check on each start of JabRef
-ext.minRequiredJavaVersion = "1.8.0_172"
+ext.minRequiredJavaVersion = "1.8.0_171"
 ext.allowJava9 = false
 
 sourceSets {