diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 087213d0a8a..025dd58b7af 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -106,13 +106,23 @@ jobs:
           cache: gradle
 
       # Compile / Test / Package are separate steps so the reason for any failure is more obvious in GitHub UI
-      - name: Compile
-        if: needs.workflow_config.outputs.do_test_linux == 'true'
-        run: gradle -q compileJava --no-daemon
+    - name: Compile (excluding plantuml-gplv2 on Java 8)
+      if: needs.workflow_config.outputs.do_test_linux == 'true'
+      run: |
+        if [ "${{ matrix.java_version }}" == "8" ]; then
+          gradle -q compileJava --no-daemon -x :plantuml-gplv2:compileJava
+        else
+          gradle -q compileJava --no-daemon
+        fi
 
-      - name: Test
-        if: needs.workflow_config.outputs.do_test_linux == 'true'
-        run: gradle test --no-daemon -i
+    - name: Test (excluding plantuml-gplv2 on Java 8)
+      if: needs.workflow_config.outputs.do_test_linux == 'true'
+      run: |
+        if [ "${{ matrix.java_version }}" == "8" ]; then
+          gradle test --no-daemon -x :plantuml-gplv2:test -i
+        else
+          gradle test --no-daemon -i
+        fi
 
       - name: Upload test reports
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4