diff --git a/newrelic-agent/src/main/java/com/newrelic/agent/config/JavaVersionUtils.java b/newrelic-agent/src/main/java/com/newrelic/agent/config/JavaVersionUtils.java
index 7fa7407849..7f5ec3dc02 100644
--- a/newrelic-agent/src/main/java/com/newrelic/agent/config/JavaVersionUtils.java
+++ b/newrelic-agent/src/main/java/com/newrelic/agent/config/JavaVersionUtils.java
@@ -13,11 +13,10 @@
  * Simple set of utilities to help us validate that the agent is being run on a supported version of Java.
  */
 public class JavaVersionUtils {
-    private static final Pattern SUPPORTED_JAVA_VERSION_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("^(1\\.7|1\\.8|9|1[0-5])$");
-    private static final Pattern EXCLUSIVE_MIN_JAVA_VERSION_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("^1\\.6$");
+    private static final Pattern SUPPORTED_JAVA_VERSION_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("^(1\\.8|9|1[0-5])$");
+    private static final Pattern EXCLUSIVE_MIN_JAVA_VERSION_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("^1\\.7$");
     private static final Pattern EXCLUSIVE_MAX_JAVA_VERSION_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("^16$");
 
-    public static final String JAVA_6 = "1.6";
     public static final String JAVA_7 = "1.7";
     public static final String JAVA_8 = "1.8";
     public static final String JAVA_9 = "9";
@@ -50,8 +49,8 @@ public static String getUnsupportedAgentJavaSpecVersionMessage(String javaSpecif
         StringBuilder message = new StringBuilder();
         if (EXCLUSIVE_MIN_JAVA_VERSION_PATTERN.matcher(javaSpecificationVersion).matches()) {
             message.append("Java version is: ").append(javaSpecificationVersion).append(". ");
-            message.append("This version of the New Relic Agent does not support Java 1.6 or below. ")
-            .append("Please use a 4.3.x New Relic agent or a later version of Java.");
+            message.append("This version of the New Relic Agent does not support Java 1.7 or below. ")
+            .append("Please use a 6.5.0 New Relic agent or a later version of Java.");
         } else if (EXCLUSIVE_MAX_JAVA_VERSION_PATTERN.matcher(javaSpecificationVersion).matches()) {
             message.append("Java version is: ").append(javaSpecificationVersion).append(". ");
             message.append("This version of the New Relic Agent does not support versions of Java greater than 15.");
diff --git a/newrelic-agent/src/test/java/com/newrelic/agent/config/JavaVersionUtilsTest.java b/newrelic-agent/src/test/java/com/newrelic/agent/config/JavaVersionUtilsTest.java
index be052ec016..73eca92d72 100644
--- a/newrelic-agent/src/test/java/com/newrelic/agent/config/JavaVersionUtilsTest.java
+++ b/newrelic-agent/src/test/java/com/newrelic/agent/config/JavaVersionUtilsTest.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.containsString;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
@@ -18,7 +19,6 @@ public class JavaVersionUtilsTest {
 
     @Test
     public void supportAgentJavaSpecVersions() {
-        assertTrue(JavaVersionUtils.isAgentSupportedJavaSpecVersion(JavaVersionUtils.JAVA_7));
         assertTrue(JavaVersionUtils.isAgentSupportedJavaSpecVersion(JavaVersionUtils.JAVA_8));
         assertTrue(JavaVersionUtils.isAgentSupportedJavaSpecVersion(JavaVersionUtils.JAVA_9));
         assertTrue(JavaVersionUtils.isAgentSupportedJavaSpecVersion(JavaVersionUtils.JAVA_10));
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public void supportAgentJavaSpecVersions() {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void unsupportedAgentVersionsLessThanJava7() {
+    public void unsupportedAgentVersionsLessThanJava8() {
         assertFalse(JavaVersionUtils.isAgentSupportedJavaSpecVersion("1.5"));
         assertFalse(JavaVersionUtils.isAgentSupportedJavaSpecVersion("1.5.0"));
         assertFalse(JavaVersionUtils.isAgentSupportedJavaSpecVersion("1.5.0_11"));
@@ -41,10 +41,15 @@ public void unsupportedAgentVersionsLessThanJava7() {
         assertFalse(JavaVersionUtils.isAgentSupportedJavaSpecVersion("1.6.0_11"));
         assertFalse(JavaVersionUtils.isAgentSupportedJavaSpecVersion("1.6.0_11-b12"));
         assertFalse(JavaVersionUtils.isAgentSupportedJavaSpecVersion("1.6.1_gibberish"));
+        assertFalse(JavaVersionUtils.isAgentSupportedJavaSpecVersion("1.7"));
+        assertFalse(JavaVersionUtils.isAgentSupportedJavaSpecVersion("1.7.0"));
+        assertFalse(JavaVersionUtils.isAgentSupportedJavaSpecVersion("1.7.0_11"));
+        assertFalse(JavaVersionUtils.isAgentSupportedJavaSpecVersion("1.7.0_11-b12"));
+        assertFalse(JavaVersionUtils.isAgentSupportedJavaSpecVersion("1.7.1_gibberish"));
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void unsupportedAgentVersionsExceedingJava14() {
+    public void unsupportedAgentVersionsExceedingJava15() {
         assertFalse(JavaVersionUtils.isAgentSupportedJavaSpecVersion("16.0"));
         assertFalse(JavaVersionUtils.isAgentSupportedJavaSpecVersion("16+181"));
         assertFalse(JavaVersionUtils.isAgentSupportedJavaSpecVersion("16.0+181"));
@@ -71,10 +76,10 @@ public void otherUnsupportedVersionStrings() {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void unsupportedJavaVersionMessageWhenLessThanJava7() {
-        String msg = JavaVersionUtils.getUnsupportedAgentJavaSpecVersionMessage(JavaVersionUtils.JAVA_6);
-        assertThat(msg, containsString(JavaVersionUtils.JAVA_6));
-        assertThat(msg, containsString("4.3.x New Relic agent"));
+    public void unsupportedJavaVersionMessageWhenLessThanJava8() {
+        String msg = JavaVersionUtils.getUnsupportedAgentJavaSpecVersionMessage(JavaVersionUtils.JAVA_7);
+        assertThat(msg, containsString(JavaVersionUtils.JAVA_7));
+        assertThat(msg, containsString("6.5.0 New Relic agent"));
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -87,10 +92,10 @@ public void unsupportedJavaVersionMessageWhenGreaterThanJava9() {
     @Test
     public void emptyMessageReturnedWhenJavaVersionSupported() {
         String msg = JavaVersionUtils.getUnsupportedAgentJavaSpecVersionMessage(JavaVersionUtils.JAVA_8);
-        assertTrue(msg.length() == 0);
+        assertEquals(0, msg.length());
 
         msg = JavaVersionUtils.getUnsupportedAgentJavaSpecVersionMessage(null);
-        assertTrue(msg.length() == 0);
+        assertEquals(0, msg.length());
     }
 
 }