diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b71ad24b2..2b9203ebc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,12 +11,18 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changed
 
-## [1.0.3] - 2023-02-19
+## [1.0.4] - 2023-02-22
 
 ### Changed 
 
 - Added contentLength property to RequestInformation to facilitate in setting the content length of the Okhttp3 RequestBody object within the OkhttpRequestAdapter.
 
+## [1.0.3] - 2024-02-21
+
+### Changed
+
+- Fixed compatibility with Java 8 by replacing `isBlank` with `Compatibility.isBlank`
+
 ## [1.0.2] - 2024-02-13
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fde6c081b..0ca55c4a0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@ Read more about Kiota [here](https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/blob/main/README
 In `build.gradle` in the `dependencies` section:
 
 ```Groovy
-implementation 'com.microsoft.kiota:microsoft-kiota-abstractions:1.0.0'
-implementation 'com.microsoft.kiota:microsoft-kiota-authentication-azure:1.0.0'
-implementation 'com.microsoft.kiota:microsoft-kiota-http-okHttp:1.0.0'
-implementation 'com.microsoft.kiota:microsoft-kiota-serialization-json:1.0.0'
-implementation 'com.microsoft.kiota:microsoft-kiota-serialization-text:1.0.0'
-implementation 'com.microsoft.kiota:microsoft-kiota-serialization-form:1.0.0'
-implementation 'com.microsoft.kiota:microsoft-kiota-serialization-multipart:1.0.0'
+implementation 'com.microsoft.kiota:microsoft-kiota-abstractions:1.0.3'
+implementation 'com.microsoft.kiota:microsoft-kiota-authentication-azure:1.0.3'
+implementation 'com.microsoft.kiota:microsoft-kiota-http-okHttp:1.0.3'
+implementation 'com.microsoft.kiota:microsoft-kiota-serialization-json:1.0.3'
+implementation 'com.microsoft.kiota:microsoft-kiota-serialization-text:1.0.3'
+implementation 'com.microsoft.kiota:microsoft-kiota-serialization-form:1.0.3'
+implementation 'com.microsoft.kiota:microsoft-kiota-serialization-multipart:1.0.3'
 ```
 
 ### With Maven:
@@ -38,37 +38,37 @@ In `pom.xml` in the `dependencies` section:
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.microsoft.kiota</groupId>
       <artifactId>microsoft-kiota-abstractions</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.0</version>
+      <version>1.0.3</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.microsoft.kiota</groupId>
       <artifactId>microsoft-kiota-authentication-azure</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.0</version>
+      <version>1.0.3</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.microsoft.kiota</groupId>
       <artifactId>microsoft-kiota-http-okHttp</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.0</version>
+      <version>1.0.3</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.microsoft.kiota</groupId>
       <artifactId>microsoft-kiota-serialization-json</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.0</version>
+      <version>1.0.3</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.microsoft.kiota</groupId>
       <artifactId>microsoft-kiota-serialization-text</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.0</version>
+      <version>1.0.3</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.microsoft.kiota</groupId>
       <artifactId>microsoft-kiota-serialization-form</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.0</version>
+      <version>1.0.3</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.microsoft.kiota</groupId>
       <artifactId>microsoft-kiota-serialization-multipart</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.0</version>
+      <version>1.0.3</version>
     </dependency>
 ```
 
diff --git a/components/http/okHttp/src/main/java/com/microsoft/kiota/http/middleware/ParametersNameDecodingHandler.java b/components/http/okHttp/src/main/java/com/microsoft/kiota/http/middleware/ParametersNameDecodingHandler.java
index 0d21e0b48..0cab034c9 100644
--- a/components/http/okHttp/src/main/java/com/microsoft/kiota/http/middleware/ParametersNameDecodingHandler.java
+++ b/components/http/okHttp/src/main/java/com/microsoft/kiota/http/middleware/ParametersNameDecodingHandler.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.microsoft.kiota.http.middleware;
 
+import com.microsoft.kiota.Compatibility;
 import com.microsoft.kiota.http.middleware.options.ParametersNameDecodingOption;
 
 import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.Span;
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ public ParametersNameDecodingHandler(@Nonnull final ParametersNameDecodingOption
             @Nullable final String original, @Nonnull final char[] charactersToDecode) {
         Objects.requireNonNull(charactersToDecode);
 
-        if (original == null || original.isBlank() || charactersToDecode.length == 0) {
+        if (original == null || Compatibility.isBlank(original) || charactersToDecode.length == 0) {
             return "";
         }
 
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ public ParametersNameDecodingHandler(@Nonnull final ParametersNameDecodingOption
         return toDecode.stream()
                 .map(
                         tuple ->
-                                tuple.getKey().isBlank()
+                                Compatibility.isBlank(tuple.getKey())
                                         ? tuple.getValue()
                                         : tuple.getValue() + "=" + tuple.getKey())
                 .collect(Collectors.joining("&"));