diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 194be2aef..a92129422 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 language: java
 dist: trusty
 jdk:
-- openjdk7
-- oraclejdk8
+- openjdk8
 
 notifications:
   email: true
@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ deploy:
   skip_cleanup: true
   on:
     branch: master
-    jdk: openjdk7
+    jdk: openjdk8
 - provider: bintray
   file: bintray-config.json
   user: $BINTRAY_USER
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ deploy:
   skip_cleanup: true
   on:
     tags: true
-    jdk: openjdk7
+    jdk: openjdk8
 - provider: releases
   api_key: $GH_TOKEN
   file_glob: true
@@ -75,13 +74,13 @@ deploy:
   skip_cleanup: true
   on:
     tags: true
-    jdk: openjdk7
+    jdk: openjdk8
 - provider: script
   script: "./build/push-javadoc-to-gh-pages.sh"
   skip_cleanup: true
   on:
     tags: true
-    jdk: openjdk7
+    jdk: openjdk8
 
 # Ask bintray to sync the just-deployed artifact to maven central
 after_script:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 77329fbeb..fdd94df33 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ You can use this project by defining it as a dependency within your Java SDK pro
 ```
 
 ## Prerequisites
-- Java SE version 7 or newer is required
+- Java SE version 8 or newer is required
 
 ## Javadoc
 You can find the Javadoc for this project here: https://ibm.github.io/java-sdk-core/
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1d76244cf..1ae44ca3d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
         <checkstyle-plugin-version>3.0.0</checkstyle-plugin-version>
         <jacoco-plugin-version>0.8.3</jacoco-plugin-version>
         <compiler-plugin-version>3.8.0</compiler-plugin-version>
-        <okhttp3-version>3.12.1</okhttp3-version>
+        <okhttp3-version>3.14.9</okhttp3-version>
         <logback-version>1.2.3</logback-version>
         <guava-version>27.1-android</guava-version>
         <gson-version>2.8.5</gson-version>