diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7ef969064..1a792602f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 5.4.4 (2022-10-17)
+---------------------------------------------
+- [Downgrade target back down to Java 1.8 as requested by a user. #476](https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-java/issues/476)
+
 ## 5.4.3 (2022-10-14)
 ---------------------------------------------
 - Fix: [Make Kotlin optional in OSGI Import-Package statement](https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-java/pull/473)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 897f9c284..29286e840 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ If you're using Maven, then edit your project's "pom.xml" and add this to the `<
 <dependency>
     <groupId>com.dropbox.core</groupId>
     <artifactId>dropbox-core-sdk</artifactId>
-    <version>5.4.3</version>
+    <version>5.4.4</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ If you are using Gradle, then edit your project's "build.gradle" and add this to
 ```groovy
 dependencies {
     // ...
-    implementation 'com.dropbox.core:dropbox-core-sdk:5.4.3'
+    implementation 'com.dropbox.core:dropbox-core-sdk:5.4.4'
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/dropbox-sdk-java/build.gradle b/dropbox-sdk-java/build.gradle
index f08cce4c7..ee33ed2b4 100644
--- a/dropbox-sdk-java/build.gradle
+++ b/dropbox-sdk-java/build.gradle
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ dependencyGuard {
     configuration("runtimeClasspath")
 }
 
-sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
-targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
+sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
 
 ext {
     mavenName = 'Official Dropbox Java SDK'
diff --git a/dropbox-sdk-java/src/main/java/com/dropbox/core/DbxSdkVersion.java b/dropbox-sdk-java/src/main/java/com/dropbox/core/DbxSdkVersion.java
index 81d2fb40f..2d588071b 100644
--- a/dropbox-sdk-java/src/main/java/com/dropbox/core/DbxSdkVersion.java
+++ b/dropbox-sdk-java/src/main/java/com/dropbox/core/DbxSdkVersion.java
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ public class DbxSdkVersion
     // https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-java/issues/357
     private static String loadVersion()
     {
-        return "5.4.4-SNAPSHOT";
+        return "5.4.4";
     }
 }
diff --git a/examples/examples/build.gradle b/examples/examples/build.gradle
index e6a66f8c9..d004c5a8b 100644
--- a/examples/examples/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/examples/build.gradle
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ plugins {
 description = 'Consolidated Examples'
 
 java {
-    sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
-    targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
+    sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+    targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/examples/java/build.gradle b/examples/java/build.gradle
index 8448f301d..1893e0173 100644
--- a/examples/java/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/java/build.gradle
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ dependencyGuard {
 description = 'Java Examples'
 
 java {
-    sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
-    targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
+    sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+    targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index b040ad4fd..e1ff22970 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # POM
 GROUP = com.dropbox.core
-VERSION_NAME=5.4.4-SNAPSHOT
+VERSION_NAME=5.4.4
 
 POM_NAME = Dropbox SDK Java
 POM_DESCRIPTION = A Java library to access Dropbox's HTTP-based Core API v2.
diff --git a/proguard/build.gradle b/proguard/build.gradle
index 9d4b016a8..235fadc9f 100644
--- a/proguard/build.gradle
+++ b/proguard/build.gradle
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ apply plugin: 'java'
 description = 'ProGuard minified SDK test suite for ProGuard compatibility tests.'
 group = 'com.dropbox.core.test'
 archivesBaseName = 'dropbox-proguard-test'
-sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
-targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
+sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
 
 ext {
     authInfoPropertyName = 'com.dropbox.test.authInfoFile'
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation group: 'com.dropbox.core', name: 'dropbox-core-sdk', version: '+', changing: true
-    implementation 'org.testng:testng:6.9.10'
+    implementation(project(":dropbox-sdk-java"))
+    implementation("org.testng:testng:6.9.10")
 }
 
 compileJava {