diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/pom.xml
index 8e39a21..f58bc28 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/pom.xml
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@
       </exclusions>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.easymock</groupId>
+      <artifactId>easymock</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/extractor/annotations/scanner/visitors/MojoAnnotationVisitor.java b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/extractor/annotations/scanner/visitors/MojoAnnotationVisitor.java
index a273ce5..b2c82ed 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/extractor/annotations/scanner/visitors/MojoAnnotationVisitor.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/extractor/annotations/scanner/visitors/MojoAnnotationVisitor.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public class MojoAnnotationVisitor
 
     MojoAnnotationVisitor( Logger logger, String annotationClassName )
     {
-        super( Opcodes.ASM4 );
+        super( Opcodes.ASM5 );
         this.logger = logger;
         this.annotationClassName = annotationClassName;
     }
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/extractor/annotations/scanner/visitors/MojoClassVisitor.java b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/extractor/annotations/scanner/visitors/MojoClassVisitor.java
index 88c96ee..44c50bb 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/extractor/annotations/scanner/visitors/MojoClassVisitor.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/extractor/annotations/scanner/visitors/MojoClassVisitor.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public class MojoClassVisitor
 
     public MojoClassVisitor( Logger logger )
     {
-        super( Opcodes.ASM4 );
+        super( Opcodes.ASM5 );
         this.logger = logger;
     }
 
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/extractor/annotations/scanner/visitors/MojoFieldVisitor.java b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/extractor/annotations/scanner/visitors/MojoFieldVisitor.java
index 26bbac3..1ea3561 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/extractor/annotations/scanner/visitors/MojoFieldVisitor.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/extractor/annotations/scanner/visitors/MojoFieldVisitor.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public class MojoFieldVisitor
 
     MojoFieldVisitor( Logger logger, String fieldName, String className )
     {
-        super( Opcodes.ASM4 );
+        super( Opcodes.ASM5 );
         this.logger = logger;
         this.fieldName = fieldName;
         this.className = className;
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/extractor/annotations/scanner/DefaultMojoAnnotationsScannerTest.java b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/extractor/annotations/scanner/DefaultMojoAnnotationsScannerTest.java
index 6218848..c10a6de 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/extractor/annotations/scanner/DefaultMojoAnnotationsScannerTest.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/extractor/annotations/scanner/DefaultMojoAnnotationsScannerTest.java
@@ -19,8 +19,11 @@ package org.apache.maven.tools.plugin.extractor.annotations.scanner;
  * under the License.
  */
 
+import static org.easymock.EasyMock.*;
+
 import java.io.File;
 
+import org.codehaus.plexus.logging.Logger;
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
 public class DefaultMojoAnnotationsScannerTest
@@ -32,4 +35,14 @@ public class DefaultMojoAnnotationsScannerTest
     {
         scanner.scanArchive( new File( "src/test/resources/java9-module.jar"), null, false );
     }
+    
+    public void testJava8Annotations() throws Exception
+    {
+        Logger logger = createMock( Logger.class );
+        expect( logger.isDebugEnabled() ).andReturn( false );
+        replay( logger );
+        scanner.enableLogging( logger );
+        scanner.scanArchive( new File( "src/test/resources/java8-annotations.jar"), null, false );
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/test/resources/java8-annotations.jar b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/test/resources/java8-annotations.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3595594
Binary files /dev/null and b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/test/resources/java8-annotations.jar differ