diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 462b378436..cb064ac79d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## Unreleased
+### Changed
+- Upgrade [Legman](https://github.com/sdorra/legman) to v1.6.2 in order to fix execution on Java versions > 8
+
 ## 2.0.0-rc3 - 2020-01-31
 ### Fixed
 - Broken plugin order fixed
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a9e43c9015..eb98edf7ce 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@
     <hibernate-validator.version>6.1.0.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
 
     <!-- event bus -->
-    <legman.version>1.6.1</legman.version>
+    <legman.version>1.6.2</legman.version>
 
     <!-- webserver -->
     <jetty.version>9.4.22.v20191022</jetty.version>