diff --git a/blaze-nashorn/pom.xml b/blaze-nashorn/pom.xml
index 04ae0450..02253481 100644
--- a/blaze-nashorn/pom.xml
+++ b/blaze-nashorn/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-    <groupId>com.fizzed</groupId>
     <artifactId>blaze-nashorn</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
  
@@ -14,6 +13,19 @@
     <properties>
         <main.java.package>com.fizzed.blaze.nashorn</main.java.package>
     </properties>
+
+    <!-- disable running tests for this module on Java 8, nashorn only works on 11+ -->
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>java8-settings</id>
+            <activation>
+                <jdk>[1.3,1.8]</jdk>
+            </activation>
+            <properties>
+                <maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip>
+            </properties>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
     
     <dependencies>