diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 92046a5..7891b97 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ dependencies {
     }
 
     // Add back some updated version of the needed dependencies.
-    implementation 'org.apache.thrift:libthrift:0.18.0'
+    implementation 'org.apache.thrift:libthrift:0.17.0' // Newer versions are not compatible with JAVA 8.
     implementation 'com.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-core:6.5.0'
 
     // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.json/json