diff --git a/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml b/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml
index f33a595ea..847471c38 100644
--- a/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml
+++ b/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ branchProtectionRules:
     requiresCodeOwnerReviews: true
     requiresStrictStatusChecks: false
     requiredStatusCheckContexts:
-      - units (7)
       - units (8)
       - units (11)
       - windows
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-java7.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-java7.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5086c87d5..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-java7.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2022 Google LLC
-#
-# Licensed 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.
-# Github action job to test core java library features on
-# downstream client libraries before they are released.
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-    - main
-  pull_request:
-name: ci-java7
-jobs:
-  units:
-    name: "units (7)"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
-      # setup-java v2 or higher does not have version 1.7
-      with:
-        java-version: 7
-        distribution: zulu
-        architecture: x64
-    - run: |
-        java -version
-        # This value is used in "-Djvm=" later
-        echo "JAVA7_HOME=${JAVA_HOME}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-    - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
-      with:
-        java-version: 17
-        distribution: zulu
-    - name: Set up Maven
-      uses: stCarolas/setup-maven@v4.5
-      with:
-        maven-version: 3.8.8
-    - name: Build
-      shell: bash
-      run: |
-        # Leveraging surefire's jvm option, running the test on Java 7.
-        # Surefire plugin 2.22.2 is the last version for Java 7. Newer version would fail with 
-        # "UnsupportedClassVersionError: org/apache/maven/surefire/booter/ForkedBooter" error.
-        
-        # Why are these modules are skipped?
-        # google-http-client-jackson2 and google-http-client-appengine do not work with Java 7
-        # any more because of Jackson and appengine library are compiled for Java 8.
-        # dailymotion-simple-cmdline-sample and google-http-client-assembly depend on
-        # google-http-client-jackson2 
-        mvn --batch-mode --show-version -ntp test \
-            --projects '!google-http-client-jackson2,!google-http-client-appengine,!samples/dailymotion-simple-cmdline-sample,!google-http-client-assembly,!google-http-client-apache-v5' \
-            -Dclirr.skip=true -Denforcer.skip=true -Dmaven.javadoc.skip=true \
-            -Dgcloud.download.skip=true -T 1C \
-            -Dproject.surefire.version=2.22.2 \
-            -Djvm=${JAVA7_HOME}/bin/java
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ab51e6e53..999337f7b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@ content. The JSON and XML libraries are also fully pluggable, and they include s
 
 The library supports the following Java environments:
 
-- Java 7 or higher
-  - The google-http-client-jackson2 and google-http-client-appengine modules require Java 8 or
-    higher due to their dependencies.
+- Java 8 or higher
 - Android 4.4 (Kit Kat)
 - GoogleAppEngine Google App Engine
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6ce79bfa9..f4201694d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -554,7 +554,8 @@
     <project.gson.version>2.11.0</project.gson.version>
     <project.jackson-core2.version>2.18.2</project.jackson-core2.version>
     <project.protobuf-java.version>3.21.12</project.protobuf-java.version>
-    <project.guava.version>30.1.1-android</project.guava.version>
+	<!-- We use the Java 8 compatible version due to https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2023-2976/ -->
+    <project.guava.version>33.4.8-android</project.guava.version>
     <project.xpp3.version>1.1.4c</project.xpp3.version>
     <project.apache-httpclient-4.version>4.5.14</project.apache-httpclient-4.version>
     <project.apache-httpcore-4.version>4.4.16</project.apache-httpcore-4.version>