From c0f0fd26faff90f3218b2f8c8ad13fb70acd7bfc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Sailes <45629314+msailes@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2024 11:17:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md

Updated the prerequisites to make them more specific.
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 java/README.md | 3 ++-
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@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ Layers for running Java applications on AWS Lambda with OpenTelemetry.
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-- Supports Lambda functions using Java 8, 11, and 17 (Corretto) runtime only.
+- Supports Lambda functions using Java 8 (java8.al2) and later
+- The deprecated runtime Java 8 (java8) is not supported as it does not support [exec wrappers](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/runtimes-modify.html#runtime-wrapper).
 
 ## Provided layers