I'm stuck with Java 8, because there's no 32-bit support on newer Oracle JVM and I have to run my code on Windows 2003 servers. I guess it'll be like Delphi 7, best version which will stick around forever. I, personally, don't care about updates. If something works, it'll work.
I think that if you still have Windows Server 2003 boxes (for which the official support ended 3 years ago) being stuck with Java 8 is the least of your problems...