diff --git a/common/pom.xml b/common/pom.xml
index a3e86ff9b..a76ded3cf 100644
--- a/common/pom.xml
+++ b/common/pom.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@
     </parent>
     <artifactId>common</artifactId>
 
+    <!-- Floodgate is still targeting Java 8 -->
+    <properties>
+        <maven.compiler.source>8</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>8</maven.compiler.target>
+    </properties>
+
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.geysermc.cumulus</groupId>
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/org/geysermc/floodgate/news/NewsItem.java b/common/src/main/java/org/geysermc/floodgate/news/NewsItem.java
index be0634a6d..5d9cd9d27 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/org/geysermc/floodgate/news/NewsItem.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/org/geysermc/floodgate/news/NewsItem.java
@@ -35,23 +35,21 @@ import java.util.Set;
 
 public final class NewsItem {
     private final int id;
-    private final String project;
     private final boolean active;
     private final NewsType type;
     private final ItemData data;
-    private final boolean priority;
     private final String message;
     private final Set<NewsItemAction> actions;
     private final String url;
 
-    private NewsItem(int id, String project, boolean active, NewsType type, ItemData data,
-                     boolean priority, String message, Set<NewsItemAction> actions, String url) {
+    private NewsItem(
+            int id, boolean active, NewsType type, ItemData data,
+            String message, Set<NewsItemAction> actions, String url) {
+
         this.id = id;
-        this.project = project;
         this.active = active;
         this.type = type;
         this.data = data;
-        this.priority = priority;
         this.message = message;
         this.actions = Collections.unmodifiableSet(actions);
         this.url = url;
@@ -81,11 +79,9 @@ public final class NewsItem {
 
         return new NewsItem(
                 newsItem.get("id").getAsInt(),
-                newsItem.get("project").getAsString(),
                 newsItem.get("active").getAsBoolean(),
                 newsType,
                 newsType.read(newsItem.getAsJsonObject("data")),
-                newsItem.get("priority").getAsBoolean(),
                 message,
                 actions,
                 newsItem.get("url").getAsString()
@@ -96,14 +92,6 @@ public final class NewsItem {
         return id;
     }
 
-    public String getProject() {
-        return project;
-    }
-
-    public boolean isGlobal() {
-        return "all".equals(getProject());
-    }
-
     public boolean isActive() {
         return active;
     }
@@ -121,10 +109,6 @@ public final class NewsItem {
         return (T) data;
     }
 
-    public boolean isPriority() {
-        return priority;
-    }
-
     public String getRawMessage() {
         return message;
     }
diff --git a/connector/src/main/java/org/geysermc/connector/utils/Constants.java b/connector/src/main/java/org/geysermc/connector/utils/Constants.java
index 0a6062a3b..58125d909 100644
--- a/connector/src/main/java/org/geysermc/connector/utils/Constants.java
+++ b/connector/src/main/java/org/geysermc/connector/utils/Constants.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public final class Constants {
     public static final URI GLOBAL_API_WS_URI;
     public static final String NTP_SERVER = "time.cloudflare.com";
 
-    public static final String NEWS_OVERVIEW_URL = "https://api.geysermc.org/v1/news";
+    public static final String NEWS_OVERVIEW_URL = "https://api.geysermc.org/v2/news/";
     public static final String NEWS_PROJECT_NAME = "geyser";
 
     public static final String FLOODGATE_DOWNLOAD_LOCATION = "https://ci.opencollab.dev/job/GeyserMC/job/Floodgate/job/master/";
diff --git a/connector/src/main/java/org/geysermc/connector/utils/NewsHandler.java b/connector/src/main/java/org/geysermc/connector/utils/NewsHandler.java
index 6c5168dd2..8272fb0b2 100644
--- a/connector/src/main/java/org/geysermc/connector/utils/NewsHandler.java
+++ b/connector/src/main/java/org/geysermc/connector/utils/NewsHandler.java
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public class NewsHandler {
 
     private void checkNews() {
         try {
-            String body = WebUtils.getBody(Constants.NEWS_OVERVIEW_URL);
+            String body = WebUtils.getBody(Constants.NEWS_OVERVIEW_URL + Constants.NEWS_PROJECT_NAME);
             JsonArray array = gson.fromJson(body, JsonArray.class);
 
             try {
@@ -144,10 +144,6 @@ public class NewsHandler {
             return;
         }
 
-        if (!item.isGlobal() && !Constants.NEWS_PROJECT_NAME.equals(item.getProject())) {
-            return;
-        }
-
         switch (item.getType()) {
             case ANNOUNCEMENT:
                 if (!item.getDataAs(AnnouncementData.class).isAffected(Constants.NEWS_PROJECT_NAME)) {