diff --git a/dev-java/json-simple/json-simple-1.1-r1.ebuild b/dev-java/json-simple/json-simple-1.1-r2.ebuild
similarity index 82%
rename from dev-java/json-simple/json-simple-1.1-r1.ebuild
rename to dev-java/json-simple/json-simple-1.1-r2.ebuild
index a91c4fbc828d2..d73b7b55ba0c2 100644
--- a/dev-java/json-simple/json-simple-1.1-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-java/json-simple/json-simple-1.1-r2.ebuild
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI=6
+EAPI=7
 
 JAVA_PKG_IUSE="source doc"
 
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 ppc64 x86"
 
-DEPEND=">=virtual/jdk-1.6"
-RDEPEND=">=virtual/jre-1.6"
+DEPEND=">=virtual/jdk-1.8:*"
+RDEPEND=">=virtual/jre-1.8:*"
 
 S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${MY_P}"