diff --git a/.github/workflows/ambari.yml b/.github/workflows/ambari.yml
index efb55370..b5ac9e1f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ambari.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ambari.yml
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - name: Set up JDK 17
+    - name: Set up JDK 8
       uses: actions/setup-java@v3
       with:
-        java-version: 17
+        java-version: 8
         distribution: temurin
         cache: maven
     - name: Install Kerberos development libraries
diff --git a/ambari-metrics-assembly/pom.xml b/ambari-metrics-assembly/pom.xml
index 859016aa..8f26a5e7 100644
--- a/ambari-metrics-assembly/pom.xml
+++ b/ambari-metrics-assembly/pom.xml
@@ -964,7 +964,7 @@
                 <data>
                   <src>${collector.dir}/target/lib</src>
                   <type>directory</type>
-                  <includes>phoenix*.jar,antlr*.jar,re2j*.jar,failureaccess*.jar,guava-32*.jar,stax2-api*.jar,woodstox-core*.jar,hadoop-annotations*.jar,hadoop-auth*.jar,hadoop-common*.jar,commons-configuration2*.jar,hadoop-yarn-api-*.jar,hadoop-yarn-client-*.jar,hadoop-yarn-common-*.jar,hadoop-yarn-registry-*.jar,hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice-*.jar,hadoop-yarn-server-common-*.jar,hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager-*.jar,hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager-*.jar,hadoop-yarn-server-timelineservice-*.jar,hadoop-yarn-server-web-proxy-*.jar</includes>
+                  <includes>phoenix*.jar,antlr*.jar,re2j*.jar,failureaccess*.jar,guava-28*.jar,stax2-api*.jar,woodstox-core*.jar,hadoop-annotations*.jar,hadoop-auth*.jar,hadoop-common*.jar,commons-configuration2*.jar,hadoop-yarn-api-*.jar,hadoop-yarn-client-*.jar,hadoop-yarn-common-*.jar,hadoop-yarn-registry-*.jar,hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice-*.jar,hadoop-yarn-server-common-*.jar,hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager-*.jar,hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager-*.jar,hadoop-yarn-server-timelineservice-*.jar,hadoop-yarn-server-web-proxy-*.jar</includes>
                   <mapper>
                     <type>perm</type>
                     <filemode>644</filemode>
diff --git a/ambari-metrics-common/pom.xml b/ambari-metrics-common/pom.xml
index 9d2eb5d1..faedbf01 100644
--- a/ambari-metrics-common/pom.xml
+++ b/ambari-metrics-common/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5</version>
+        <version>3.2</version>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.vafer</groupId>
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5.1</version>
+        <version>3.2.1</version>
         <executions>
           <!-- Run shade goal on package phase -->
           <execution>
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
       <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-      <version>32.1.3-jre</version>
+      <version>28.0-jre</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
@@ -156,11 +156,6 @@
       <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
       <version>4.5.2</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
-      <version>2.2.2</version>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
diff --git a/ambari-metrics-flume-sink/pom.xml b/ambari-metrics-flume-sink/pom.xml
index ff033e72..6ac7f689 100644
--- a/ambari-metrics-flume-sink/pom.xml
+++ b/ambari-metrics-flume-sink/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ limitations under the License.
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5</version>
+        <version>3.2</version>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.github.goldin</groupId>
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ limitations under the License.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
       <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-      <version>32.1.3-jre</version>
+      <version>18.0</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/ambari-metrics-hadoop-sink/pom.xml b/ambari-metrics-hadoop-sink/pom.xml
index 91b9b782..af23ccdb 100644
--- a/ambari-metrics-hadoop-sink/pom.xml
+++ b/ambari-metrics-hadoop-sink/pom.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ limitations under the License.
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5</version>
+        <version>3.2</version>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.github.goldin</groupId>
diff --git a/ambari-metrics-host-aggregator/pom.xml b/ambari-metrics-host-aggregator/pom.xml
index 6556e80c..5eadd9d8 100644
--- a/ambari-metrics-host-aggregator/pom.xml
+++ b/ambari-metrics-host-aggregator/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
             <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-            <version>32.1.3-jre</version>
+            <version>18.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
               <groupId>org.apache.ambari</groupId>
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5.1</version>
+                <version>1.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <createDependencyReducedPom>false</createDependencyReducedPom>
                     <filters>
diff --git a/ambari-metrics-host-aggregator/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/metrics2/host/aggregator/AggregatorWebServiceTest.java b/ambari-metrics-host-aggregator/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/metrics2/host/aggregator/AggregatorWebServiceTest.java
index 9125cb4d..0f15c208 100644
--- a/ambari-metrics-host-aggregator/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/metrics2/host/aggregator/AggregatorWebServiceTest.java
+++ b/ambari-metrics-host-aggregator/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/metrics2/host/aggregator/AggregatorWebServiceTest.java
@@ -31,14 +31,16 @@
 import org.codehaus.jackson.jaxrs.JacksonJaxbJsonProvider;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+
 import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 
-public class AggregatorWebServiceTest extends JerseyTest {
 
+public class AggregatorWebServiceTest extends JerseyTest {
     public AggregatorWebServiceTest() {
         super(new WebAppDescriptor.Builder(
                 "org.apache.hadoop.metrics2.host.aggregator")
@@ -72,9 +74,11 @@ public void testWrongPath() {
         assertEquals(404, response.getStatus());
     }
 
+
     @Test
     public void testMetricsPost() {
         TimelineMetricsHolder timelineMetricsHolder = TimelineMetricsHolder.getInstance();
+
         timelineMetricsHolder.extractMetricsForAggregationPublishing();
         timelineMetricsHolder.extractMetricsForRawPublishing();
 
diff --git a/ambari-metrics-host-monitoring/pom.xml b/ambari-metrics-host-monitoring/pom.xml
index 1fee5090..ac4e4075 100644
--- a/ambari-metrics-host-monitoring/pom.xml
+++ b/ambari-metrics-host-monitoring/pom.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5</version>
+        <version>3.2</version>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
diff --git a/ambari-metrics-kafka-sink/pom.xml b/ambari-metrics-kafka-sink/pom.xml
index 8c73235a..cd78b98e 100644
--- a/ambari-metrics-kafka-sink/pom.xml
+++ b/ambari-metrics-kafka-sink/pom.xml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ limitations under the License.
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5</version>
+        <version>3.2</version>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.github.goldin</groupId>
diff --git a/ambari-metrics-storm-sink/pom.xml b/ambari-metrics-storm-sink/pom.xml
index 36e34088..58887df2 100644
--- a/ambari-metrics-storm-sink/pom.xml
+++ b/ambari-metrics-storm-sink/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ limitations under the License.
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5</version>
+        <version>3.2</version>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.github.goldin</groupId>
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ limitations under the License.
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5.1</version>
+        <version>3.2.1</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <phase>package</phase>
diff --git a/ambari-metrics-timelineservice/pom.xml b/ambari-metrics-timelineservice/pom.xml
index 2bfd9efb..2ae86dfa 100644
--- a/ambari-metrics-timelineservice/pom.xml
+++ b/ambari-metrics-timelineservice/pom.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5</version>
+        <version>3.2</version>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <redirectTestOutputToFile>true</redirectTestOutputToFile>
           <forkMode>always</forkMode>
+          <argLine>-XX:-UseSplitVerifier</argLine>
           <!-- Each profile in the top-level pom.xml defines which test group categories to run. -->
           <groups>${testcase.groups}</groups>
         </configuration>
@@ -527,7 +528,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
       <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-      <version>32.1.3-jre</version>
+      <version>28.0-jre</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
@@ -667,12 +668,6 @@
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice</artifactId>
-      <version>${hadoop.version}</version>
-    </dependency>
-
     <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.sun.jersey.jersey-test-framework</groupId>
diff --git a/ambari-metrics-timelineservice/src/test/java/org/apache/ambari/metrics/webapp/TestTimelineWebServices.java b/ambari-metrics-timelineservice/src/test/java/org/apache/ambari/metrics/webapp/TestTimelineWebServices.java
index 85cde513..3456af62 100644
--- a/ambari-metrics-timelineservice/src/test/java/org/apache/ambari/metrics/webapp/TestTimelineWebServices.java
+++ b/ambari-metrics-timelineservice/src/test/java/org/apache/ambari/metrics/webapp/TestTimelineWebServices.java
@@ -25,10 +25,8 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.metrics2.sink.timeline.TimelineMetrics;
 import org.apache.ambari.metrics.core.timeline.TestTimelineMetricStore;
 import org.apache.ambari.metrics.core.timeline.TimelineMetricStore;
-import org.apache.hadoop.metrics2.sink.timeline.TimelineMetrics;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.webapp.GenericExceptionHandler;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.webapp.YarnJacksonJaxbJsonProvider;
-
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import com.google.inject.Guice;
@@ -77,24 +75,24 @@ protected Injector getInjector() {
 
   public TestTimelineWebServices() {
     super(new WebAppDescriptor.Builder(
-            "org.apache.ambari.metrics.webapp")
-            .contextListenerClass(GuiceServletConfig.class)
-            .filterClass(com.google.inject.servlet.GuiceFilter.class)
-            .contextPath("jersey-guice-filter")
-            .servletPath("/")
-            .clientConfig(new DefaultClientConfig(YarnJacksonJaxbJsonProvider.class))
-            .build());
+      "org.apache.ambari.metrics.webapp")
+      .contextListenerClass(GuiceServletConfig.class)
+      .filterClass(com.google.inject.servlet.GuiceFilter.class)
+      .contextPath("jersey-guice-filter")
+      .servletPath("/")
+      .clientConfig(new DefaultClientConfig(YarnJacksonJaxbJsonProvider.class))
+      .build());
   }
 
   @Test
   public void testAbout() throws Exception {
     WebResource r = resource();
     ClientResponse response = r.path("ws").path("v1").path("timeline")
-            .accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
-            .get(ClientResponse.class);
+      .accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+      .get(ClientResponse.class);
     assertEquals(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_TYPE, response.getType());
     TimelineWebServices.AboutInfo about =
-            response.getEntity(TimelineWebServices.AboutInfo.class);
+      response.getEntity(TimelineWebServices.AboutInfo.class);
     Assert.assertNotNull(about);
     Assert.assertEquals("AMS API", about.getAbout());
   }
@@ -111,9 +109,9 @@ private static void verifyMetrics(TimelineMetrics metrics) {
   public void testGetMetrics() throws Exception {
     WebResource r = resource();
     ClientResponse response = r.path("ws").path("v1").path("timeline")
-            .path("metrics").queryParam("metricNames", "cpu_user").queryParam("precision", "seconds")
-            .accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
-            .get(ClientResponse.class);
+      .path("metrics").queryParam("metricNames", "cpu_user").queryParam("precision", "seconds")
+      .accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+      .get(ClientResponse.class);
     assertEquals(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_TYPE, response.getType());
     verifyMetrics(response.getEntity(TimelineMetrics.class));
   }
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6c59b503..d36476ea 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@
     <distMgmtStagingUrl>https://repository.apache.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2</distMgmtStagingUrl>
     <fasterxml.jackson.version>2.10.0</fasterxml.jackson.version>
     <skipPythonTests>false</skipPythonTests>
-    <jersey.version>2.41</jersey.version>
     <release.version>1</release.version>
   </properties>
   <distributionManagement>
@@ -132,7 +131,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
         <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-        <version>32.1.3-jre</version>
+        <version>28.0-jre</version>
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
@@ -168,20 +167,9 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.2.5</version>
+        <version>2.19</version>
         <configuration>
           <skip>${skipSurefireTests}</skip>
-          <argLine>
-            --add-opens java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED
-            --add-opens java.base/java.lang.reflect=ALL-UNNAMED
-            --add-opens java.management/java.lang.management=ALL-UNNAMED
-            --add-opens java.base/java.io=ALL-UNNAMED
-            --add-opens java.base/java.nio=ALL-UNNAMED
-            --add-opens java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED
-            --add-opens java.base/java.util.regex=ALL-UNNAMED
-            --add-opens java.base/java.util.concurrent=ALL-UNNAMED
-            --add-opens java.base/java.net=ALL-UNNAMED
-          </argLine>
 
           <!-- Each profile in the top-level pom.xml defines which test group categories to run. -->
           <groups>${testcase.groups}</groups>
@@ -189,10 +177,10 @@
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5</version>
+        <version>3.2</version>
         <configuration>
-          <source>17</source>
-          <target>17</target>
+          <source>1.8</source>
+          <target>1.8</target>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>