diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8e6aa3b34c..93c6a3d222 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ This is intended as an overview of the major changes
 
 v5.20-SNAPSHOT
 ===
-- ...
+- Build
+  - Disable sonarcloud on JDK 8
 
 v5.19
 ===
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d4bef5b29c..9e9a17b8c7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -436,6 +436,11 @@
       <activation>
         <jdk>1.8</jdk>
       </activation>
+      <properties>
+        <!-- Sonar is no longer supported on Java 8                                -->
+        <!-- https://sonarcloud.io/documentation/user-guide/move-analysis-java-11/ -->
+        <sonar.skip>true</sonar.skip>
+      </properties>
       <build>
         <plugins>
           <plugin>