diff --git a/tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/integration/amqp/JMSSaslGssapiTest.java b/tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/integration/amqp/JMSSaslGssapiTest.java
index a7af43d78e..7b6e220a66 100644
--- a/tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/integration/amqp/JMSSaslGssapiTest.java
+++ b/tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/integration/amqp/JMSSaslGssapiTest.java
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ import org.apache.activemq.artemis.protocol.amqp.proton.handler.ProtonHandler;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.protocol.amqp.sasl.ClientSASL;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.protocol.amqp.sasl.ClientSASLFactory;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.spi.core.security.ActiveMQJAASSecurityManager;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.tests.util.JavaVersionUtil;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.tests.util.Wait;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.RandomUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.minikdc.MiniKdc;
@@ -54,7 +55,9 @@ import org.apache.qpid.jms.JmsConnectionFactory;
 import org.apache.qpid.jms.sasl.GssapiMechanism;
 import org.apache.qpid.proton.amqp.Symbol;
 import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Assume;
 import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 public class JMSSaslGssapiTest extends JMSClientTestSupport {
@@ -72,6 +75,11 @@ public class JMSSaslGssapiTest extends JMSClientTestSupport {
    MiniKdc kdc = null;
    private final boolean debug = false;
 
+   @BeforeClass
+   public static void checkAssumptions() throws Exception {
+      Assume.assumeTrue("Test only runs on JDK 8", JavaVersionUtil.isJava8());
+   }
+
    @Before
    public void setUpKerberos() throws Exception {
       kdc = new MiniKdc(MiniKdc.createConf(), temporaryFolder.newFolder("kdc"));
diff --git a/tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/integration/amqp/SaslKrb5LDAPSecurityTest.java b/tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/integration/amqp/SaslKrb5LDAPSecurityTest.java
index d16a4b4a54..3b7dcd8635 100644
--- a/tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/integration/amqp/SaslKrb5LDAPSecurityTest.java
+++ b/tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/integration/amqp/SaslKrb5LDAPSecurityTest.java
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server.ActiveMQServer;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server.ActiveMQServers;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.spi.core.security.ActiveMQJAASSecurityManager;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.tests.util.ActiveMQTestBase;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.tests.util.JavaVersionUtil;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.utils.RandomUtil;
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
@@ -94,7 +95,9 @@ import org.apache.directory.shared.kerberos.components.EncryptionKey;
 import org.apache.qpid.jms.JmsConnectionFactory;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Assume;
 import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder;
@@ -152,6 +155,11 @@ public class SaslKrb5LDAPSecurityTest extends AbstractLdapTestUnit {
    public TemporaryFolder temporaryFolder;
    private String testDir;
 
+   @BeforeClass
+   public static void checkAssumptions() throws Exception {
+      Assume.assumeTrue("Test only runs on JDK 8", JavaVersionUtil.isJava8());
+   }
+
    @Before
    public void setUp() throws Exception {
 
diff --git a/tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/util/JavaVersionUtil.java b/tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/util/JavaVersionUtil.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..be45ed45ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/util/JavaVersionUtil.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.activemq.artemis.tests.util;
+
+public class JavaVersionUtil {
+
+   private static boolean isJdk8;
+
+   static {
+      String version = System.getProperty("java.version");
+      if (version != null  && version.startsWith("1.8.")) {
+         isJdk8 = true;
+      }
+   }
+
+   public static boolean isJava8() {
+      return isJdk8;
+   }
+}