diff --git a/dd-java-agent/agent-debugger/src/main/java/com/datadog/debugger/agent/DefaultDebuggerConfigUpdater.java b/dd-java-agent/agent-debugger/src/main/java/com/datadog/debugger/agent/DefaultDebuggerConfigUpdater.java
index d0e340782f6..125da8e6042 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/agent-debugger/src/main/java/com/datadog/debugger/agent/DefaultDebuggerConfigUpdater.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/agent-debugger/src/main/java/com/datadog/debugger/agent/DefaultDebuggerConfigUpdater.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import static datadog.trace.api.Config.isExplicitlyDisabled;
 
+import datadog.environment.JavaVirtualMachine;
 import datadog.trace.api.Config;
 import datadog.trace.api.config.DebuggerConfig;
 import datadog.trace.api.config.TraceInstrumentationConfig;
@@ -29,12 +30,17 @@ public void updateConfig(DebuggerConfigUpdate update) {
         update.getDynamicInstrumentationEnabled(),
         DebuggerAgent::startDynamicInstrumentation,
         DebuggerAgent::stopDynamicInstrumentation);
-    startOrStopFeature(
-        config,
-        DebuggerConfig.EXCEPTION_REPLAY_ENABLED,
-        update.getExceptionReplayEnabled(),
-        DebuggerAgent::startExceptionReplay,
-        DebuggerAgent::stopExceptionReplay);
+    if (JavaVirtualMachine.isJavaVersionAtLeast(11)) {
+      // Cannot remotely enable Exception Replay for JDK < 11 (JVM 8 bug)
+      startOrStopFeature(
+          config,
+          DebuggerConfig.EXCEPTION_REPLAY_ENABLED,
+          update.getExceptionReplayEnabled(),
+          DebuggerAgent::startExceptionReplay,
+          DebuggerAgent::stopExceptionReplay);
+    } else {
+      LOGGER.debug("Cannot start Exception Replay on JDK version < 11");
+    }
     startOrStopFeature(
         config,
         TraceInstrumentationConfig.CODE_ORIGIN_FOR_SPANS_ENABLED,
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/agent-debugger/src/test/java/com/datadog/debugger/agent/DefaultDebuggerConfigUpdaterTest.java b/dd-java-agent/agent-debugger/src/test/java/com/datadog/debugger/agent/DefaultDebuggerConfigUpdaterTest.java
index f958f45c1ba..1779f642a9f 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/agent-debugger/src/test/java/com/datadog/debugger/agent/DefaultDebuggerConfigUpdaterTest.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/agent-debugger/src/test/java/com/datadog/debugger/agent/DefaultDebuggerConfigUpdaterTest.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 import datadog.communication.ddagent.DDAgentFeaturesDiscovery;
 import datadog.communication.ddagent.SharedCommunicationObjects;
+import datadog.environment.JavaVirtualMachine;
 import datadog.remoteconfig.ConfigurationPoller;
 import datadog.trace.api.Config;
 import datadog.trace.api.debugger.DebuggerConfigUpdate;
@@ -27,12 +28,20 @@ public void enableDisable() {
     productConfigUpdater.updateConfig(new DebuggerConfigUpdate());
     productConfigUpdater.updateConfig(new DebuggerConfigUpdate(true, true, true, true));
     assertTrue(productConfigUpdater.isDynamicInstrumentationEnabled());
-    assertTrue(productConfigUpdater.isExceptionReplayEnabled());
+    if (JavaVirtualMachine.isJavaVersionAtLeast(11)) {
+      assertTrue(productConfigUpdater.isExceptionReplayEnabled());
+    } else {
+      assertFalse(productConfigUpdater.isExceptionReplayEnabled());
+    }
     assertTrue(productConfigUpdater.isCodeOriginEnabled());
     assertTrue(productConfigUpdater.isDistributedDebuggerEnabled());
     productConfigUpdater.updateConfig(new DebuggerConfigUpdate());
     assertTrue(productConfigUpdater.isDynamicInstrumentationEnabled());
-    assertTrue(productConfigUpdater.isExceptionReplayEnabled());
+    if (JavaVirtualMachine.isJavaVersionAtLeast(11)) {
+      assertTrue(productConfigUpdater.isExceptionReplayEnabled());
+    } else {
+      assertFalse(productConfigUpdater.isExceptionReplayEnabled());
+    }
     assertTrue(productConfigUpdater.isCodeOriginEnabled());
     assertTrue(productConfigUpdater.isDistributedDebuggerEnabled());
     productConfigUpdater.updateConfig(new DebuggerConfigUpdate(false, false, false, false));
diff --git a/dd-smoke-tests/debugger-integration-tests/src/test/java/datadog/smoketest/InProductEnablementIntegrationTest.java b/dd-smoke-tests/debugger-integration-tests/src/test/java/datadog/smoketest/InProductEnablementIntegrationTest.java
index 32dd3020d04..602b7b6d197 100644
--- a/dd-smoke-tests/debugger-integration-tests/src/test/java/datadog/smoketest/InProductEnablementIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/dd-smoke-tests/debugger-integration-tests/src/test/java/datadog/smoketest/InProductEnablementIntegrationTest.java
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 import okhttp3.mockwebserver.RecordedRequest;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.EnabledForJreRange;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.JRE;
 
 @NonRetryable
 public class InProductEnablementIntegrationTest extends ServerAppDebuggerIntegrationTest {
@@ -81,6 +83,7 @@ void testDynamicInstrumentationEnablementStaticallyDisabled() throws Exception {
 
   @Test
   @DisplayName("testExceptionReplayEnablement")
+  @EnabledForJreRange(min = JRE.JAVA_11)
   void testExceptionReplayEnablement() throws Exception {
     additionalJvmArgs.add("-Ddd.third.party.excludes=datadog.smoketest");
     appUrl = startAppAndAndGetUrl();
@@ -100,6 +103,7 @@ void testExceptionReplayEnablement() throws Exception {
   @Flaky
   @Test
   @DisplayName("testExceptionReplayEnablementFailure")
+  @EnabledForJreRange(min = JRE.JAVA_11)
   void testExceptionReplayEnablementFailure() throws Exception {
     additionalJvmArgs.add("-Ddd.exception.replay.enabled=true");
     additionalJvmArgs.add("-Ddd.third.party.excludes=datadog.smoketest");
diff --git a/dd-smoke-tests/junit-console/src/test/java/datadog/smoketest/JUnitConsoleSmokeTest.java b/dd-smoke-tests/junit-console/src/test/java/datadog/smoketest/JUnitConsoleSmokeTest.java
index 939a81c633a..17d9f2704fc 100644
--- a/dd-smoke-tests/junit-console/src/test/java/datadog/smoketest/JUnitConsoleSmokeTest.java
+++ b/dd-smoke-tests/junit-console/src/test/java/datadog/smoketest/JUnitConsoleSmokeTest.java
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.EnabledForJreRange;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.JRE;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -59,6 +61,8 @@ static void closeMockBackend() throws Exception {
   }
 
   @Test
+  // Exception Replay is disabled by default on JDK8 due to JVM bug
+  @EnabledForJreRange(min = JRE.JAVA_11)
   void testHeadlessFailedTestReplay() throws Exception {
     String projectName = "test_junit_console_failed_test_replay";
     givenProjectFiles(projectName);
diff --git a/dd-smoke-tests/maven/src/test/java/datadog/smoketest/MavenSmokeTest.java b/dd-smoke-tests/maven/src/test/java/datadog/smoketest/MavenSmokeTest.java
index 011bdd68977..898c5d8afea 100644
--- a/dd-smoke-tests/maven/src/test/java/datadog/smoketest/MavenSmokeTest.java
+++ b/dd-smoke-tests/maven/src/test/java/datadog/smoketest/MavenSmokeTest.java
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.DisabledIf;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.EnabledForJreRange;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.JRE;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -312,6 +314,8 @@ void testServiceNamePropagation(String projectName, String mavenVersion) throws
     "failed-test-replay | test_failed_maven_failed_test_replay | 3.9.9       "
   })
   @ParameterizedTest
+  // Exception Replay is disabled by default on JDK8 due to JVM bug
+  @EnabledForJreRange(min = JRE.JAVA_11)
   void testFailedTestReplay(String projectName, String mavenVersion) throws Exception {
     givenWrapperPropertiesFile(mavenVersion);
     givenMavenProjectFiles(projectName);