diff --git a/dokka-integration-tests/gradle/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/dokka/it/gradle/TestedVersions.kt b/dokka-integration-tests/gradle/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/dokka/it/gradle/TestedVersions.kt
index 2618efbdb91..b2f153709db 100644
--- a/dokka-integration-tests/gradle/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/dokka/it/gradle/TestedVersions.kt
+++ b/dokka-integration-tests/gradle/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/dokka/it/gradle/TestedVersions.kt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ open class AllSupportedTestedVersionsArgumentsProvider : TestedVersionsArguments
 
 object TestedVersions {
 
-    val LATEST = BuildVersions("8.5", "2.0.0-Beta4")
+    val LATEST = BuildVersions("8.6", "2.0.0-Beta4")
 
     /**
      * All supported Gradle/Kotlin versions, including [LATEST]
diff --git a/dokka-runners/runner-gradle-plugin-classic/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/dokka/gradle/AndroidAutoConfigurationTest.kt b/dokka-runners/runner-gradle-plugin-classic/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/dokka/gradle/AndroidAutoConfigurationTest.kt
index 3cedf563bd2..c61aefbf628 100644
--- a/dokka-runners/runner-gradle-plugin-classic/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/dokka/gradle/AndroidAutoConfigurationTest.kt
+++ b/dokka-runners/runner-gradle-plugin-classic/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/dokka/gradle/AndroidAutoConfigurationTest.kt
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ import org.gradle.api.internal.project.ProjectInternal
 import org.gradle.kotlin.dsl.configure
 import org.gradle.kotlin.dsl.withType
 import org.gradle.testfixtures.ProjectBuilder
+import org.jetbrains.dokka.gradle.utils.isAgpRunnable
 import kotlin.test.*
 
 class AndroidAutoConfigurationTest {
 
-    // Lazy because it throws an error if an Android test is run under Java 8
-    private val project by lazy {
-        ProjectBuilder.builder().build().also { project ->
+    private val project = ProjectBuilder.builder().build().also { project ->
+        if (isAgpRunnable()) {
             project.plugins.apply("com.android.library")
             project.plugins.apply("org.jetbrains.kotlin.android")
             project.plugins.apply("org.jetbrains.dokka")
@@ -27,15 +27,17 @@ class AndroidAutoConfigurationTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    @Ignore("Current version of AGP requiers Java 11. TODO: if expected, disable this test for Java 8")
     fun `at least one dokka task created`() {
+        if (!isAgpRunnable()) return
+
         val dokkaTasks = project.tasks.withType<DokkaTask>().toList()
         assertTrue(dokkaTasks.isNotEmpty(), "Expected at least one dokka task")
     }
 
     @Test
-    @Ignore("Current version of AGP requiers Java 11. TODO: if expected, disable this test for Java 8")
     fun `all default source sets are present in dokka`() {
+        if (!isAgpRunnable()) return
+
         val dokkaTasks = project.tasks.withType<DokkaTask>().toList()
         dokkaTasks.forEach { task ->
             val sourceSets = task.dokkaSourceSets.toList()
@@ -54,8 +56,8 @@ class AndroidAutoConfigurationTest {
     @Test
     fun `test source sets are suppressed`() {
         val dokkaTasks = project.tasks.withType<DokkaTask>().toList()
-        val projectInternal = (project as ProjectInternal)
-        projectInternal.evaluate()
+        project as ProjectInternal
+        project.evaluate()
         dokkaTasks.flatMap { it.dokkaSourceSets }.forEach { sourceSet ->
             if ("test" in sourceSet.name.toLowerCase()) {
                 assertTrue(
@@ -75,8 +77,8 @@ class AndroidAutoConfigurationTest {
     @Test
     fun `source sets have non-empty classpath`() {
         val dokkaTasks = project.tasks.withType<DokkaTask>().toList()
-        val projectInternal = (project as ProjectInternal)
-        projectInternal.evaluate()
+        project as ProjectInternal
+        project.evaluate()
 
         dokkaTasks.flatMap { it.dokkaSourceSets }
             .filterNot { it.name == "androidTestRelease" && it.suppress.get() } // androidTestRelease has empty classpath, but it makes no sense for suppressed source set
diff --git a/dokka-runners/runner-gradle-plugin-classic/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/dokka/gradle/GradleDokkaSourceSetBuilderTest.kt b/dokka-runners/runner-gradle-plugin-classic/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/dokka/gradle/GradleDokkaSourceSetBuilderTest.kt
index fd9edd86604..1362d56d66e 100644
--- a/dokka-runners/runner-gradle-plugin-classic/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/dokka/gradle/GradleDokkaSourceSetBuilderTest.kt
+++ b/dokka-runners/runner-gradle-plugin-classic/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/dokka/gradle/GradleDokkaSourceSetBuilderTest.kt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import org.gradle.api.Project
 import org.gradle.kotlin.dsl.closureOf
 import org.gradle.testfixtures.ProjectBuilder
 import org.jetbrains.dokka.*
+import org.jetbrains.dokka.gradle.utils.isAgpRunnable
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.sources.DefaultKotlinSourceSet
 import java.net.URI
 import kotlin.test.*
@@ -397,8 +398,9 @@ class GradleDokkaSourceSetBuilderTest {
 
 
     @Test
-    @Ignore("Current version of AGP requiers Java 11. TODO: if expected, disable this test for Java 8")
     fun noAndroidSdkLink() {
+        if (!isAgpRunnable()) return
+
         val sourceSet = GradleDokkaSourceSetBuilder("", project)
         assertFalse(sourceSet.noAndroidSdkLink.get(), "Expected 'noAndroidSdkLink' to be set to false by default")
 
diff --git a/dokka-runners/runner-gradle-plugin-classic/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/dokka/gradle/utils/AgpUtils.kt b/dokka-runners/runner-gradle-plugin-classic/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/dokka/gradle/utils/AgpUtils.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5cdb66e359e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dokka-runners/runner-gradle-plugin-classic/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/dokka/gradle/utils/AgpUtils.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2014-2024 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
+ */
+
+package org.jetbrains.dokka.gradle.utils
+
+/**
+ * AGP 7+ is compiled with Java 8, but requires Java 11+ to run:
+ *
+ * > EvalIssueException: Android Gradle plugin requires Java 11 to run. You are currently using Java 1.8.
+ */
+fun isAgpRunnable(): Boolean {
+    val javaVersion = when (val specVersion = System.getProperty("java.specification.version")) {
+        "1.8" -> 8
+        else -> specVersion.toInt()
+    }
+    return javaVersion >= 11
+}