diff --git a/.bazelrc b/.bazelrc
index bf3aa6c..9f13f70 100644
--- a/.bazelrc
+++ b/.bazelrc
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 build --repository_cache=~/.gerritcodereview/bazel-cache/repository
 build --action_env=PATH
 build --disk_cache=~/.gerritcodereview/bazel-cache/cas
-build --java_toolchain //tools:error_prone_warnings_toolchain
+build --java_toolchain=//tools:error_prone_warnings_toolchain_java11
 
 # Enable strict_action_env flag to. For more information on this feature see
 # https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/bazel-discuss/_VmRfMyyHBk.
diff --git a/Documentation/dev-bazel.txt b/Documentation/dev-bazel.txt
index ee2f4a1..086e836 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-bazel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/dev-bazel.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 To build Gerrit from source, you need:
 
 * A Linux or macOS system (Windows is not supported at this time)
-* A JDK for Java 8|9|10|11|...
+* A JDK for Java 8|11|...
 * Python 2 or 3
 * link:https://github.com/nodesource/distributions/blob/master/README.md[Node.js (including npm),role=external,window=_blank]
 * Bower (`npm install -g bower`)
@@ -54,6 +54,27 @@
 
 `java -version`
 
+[[java-8]]
+==== Java 8 support (deprecated)
+
+Java 8 is a legacy Java release and support for Java 8 will be discontinued
+in future gerrit releases. To build Gerrit with Java 8 language level, run:
+
+```
+  $ bazel build --java_toolchain //tools:error_prone_warnings_toolchain_java8
+        :release
+```
+
+[[java-11]]
+==== Java 11 support
+
+Java language level 11 is the default. To build Gerrit with Java 11 language
+level, run:
+
+```
+  $ bazel build :release
+```
+
 [[java-13]]
 ==== Java 13 support
 
@@ -101,22 +122,6 @@
 Now, invoking Bazel with just `bazel build :release` would include
 all those options.
 
-[[java-11]]
-==== Java 11 support
-
-Java 11 is supported through alternative java toolchain
-link:https://docs.bazel.build/versions/master/toolchains.html[Bazel option].
-To build Gerrit with Java 11, specify JDK 11 java toolchain:
-
-```
-  $ bazel build \
-      --host_javabase=@bazel_tools//tools/jdk:remote_jdk11 \
-      --javabase=@bazel_tools//tools/jdk:remote_jdk11 \
-      --host_java_toolchain=@bazel_tools//tools/jdk:toolchain_java11 \
-      --java_toolchain=@bazel_tools//tools/jdk:toolchain_java11 \
-      :release
-```
-
 === Node.js and npm packages
 See link:https://gerrit.googlesource.com/gerrit/+/master/polygerrit-ui/README.md#installing-node_js-and-npm-packages[Installing Node.js and npm packages,role=external,window=_blank].
 
diff --git a/tools/BUILD b/tools/BUILD
index 5159177..be12735 100644
--- a/tools/BUILD
+++ b/tools/BUILD
@@ -17,6 +17,54 @@
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
 )
 
+JDK11_JVM_OPTS = select({
+    "@bazel_tools//src/conditions:openbsd": ["-Xbootclasspath/p:$(location @bazel_tools//tools/jdk:javac_jar)"],
+    "//conditions:default": [
+        "--add-exports=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.api=ALL-UNNAMED",
+        "--add-exports=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.code=ALL-UNNAMED",
+        "--add-exports=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.comp=ALL-UNNAMED",
+        "--add-exports=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.file=ALL-UNNAMED",
+        "--add-exports=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.main=ALL-UNNAMED",
+        "--add-exports=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.tree=ALL-UNNAMED",
+        "--add-exports=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.util=ALL-UNNAMED",
+        "--add-opens=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.file=ALL-UNNAMED",
+        "--patch-module=java.compiler=$(location @bazel_tools//tools/jdk:java_compiler_jar)",
+        "--patch-module=jdk.compiler=$(location @bazel_tools//tools/jdk:jdk_compiler_jar)",
+        "--add-opens=java.base/java.nio=ALL-UNNAMED",
+        "--add-opens=java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED",
+    ],
+})
+
+default_java_toolchain(
+    name = "error_prone_warnings_toolchain_java11",
+    bootclasspath = ["@bazel_tools//tools/jdk:platformclasspath.jar"],
+    forcibly_disable_header_compilation = False,
+    genclass = ["@bazel_tools//tools/jdk:genclass"],
+    header_compiler = ["@bazel_tools//tools/jdk:turbine"],
+    header_compiler_direct = ["@bazel_tools//tools/jdk:turbine_direct"],
+    ijar = ["@bazel_tools//tools/jdk:ijar"],
+    javabuilder = ["@bazel_tools//tools/jdk:javabuilder"],
+    javac = ["@bazel_tools//tools/jdk:javac_jar"],
+    javac_supports_workers = True,
+    jvm_opts = JDK11_JVM_OPTS,
+    misc = [
+        "-XDskipDuplicateBridges=true",
+        "-g",
+        "-parameters",
+    ],
+    package_configuration = [
+        ":error_prone",
+    ],
+    singlejar = ["@bazel_tools//tools/jdk:singlejar"],
+    source_version = "11",
+    target_version = "11",
+    tools = [
+        "@bazel_tools//tools/jdk:java_compiler_jar",
+        "@bazel_tools//tools/jdk:jdk_compiler_jar",
+    ],
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+)
+
 # Error Prone errors enabled by default; see ../.bazelrc for how this is
 # enabled. This warnings list is originally based on:
 # https://github.com/bazelbuild/BUILD_file_generator/blob/master/tools/bazel_defs/java.bzl