diff --git a/json-simple-hash-java-1.8.patch b/json-simple-hash-java-1.8.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b580a6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/json-simple-hash-java-1.8.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+diff -uNr json-simple-1.1.1.ORIG/src/test/java/org/json/simple/Test.java json-simple-1.1.1/src/test/java/org/json/simple/Test.java
+--- json-simple-1.1.1.ORIG/src/test/java/org/json/simple/Test.java	2014-07-22 09:55:47.058000000 +0000
++++ json-simple-1.1.1/src/test/java/org/json/simple/Test.java	2014-07-22 14:17:16.942000000 +0000
+@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@
+             pe.printStackTrace();
+         }
+ 	}
+-	
++	/*
+ 	public void testEncode() throws Exception{
+ 		System.out.println("=======encode=======");
+ 		
+@@ -388,4 +388,5 @@
+         System.out.println(jsonString);
+         assertEquals("[{\"k11\":\"v11\",\"k12\":\"v12\",\"k13\":\"v13\",\"k14\":{\"k31\":\"v3\",\"k32\":123.45,\"k33\":false,\"k34\":null,\"k35\":[\"vvv\",\"1.23456789123456789\",true,null]}},{\"k22\":\"v22\",\"k21\":\"v21\",\"k23\":\"v23\"}]",jsonString);
+     }
++    */
+ }
diff --git a/json_simple.spec b/json_simple.spec
index 23e517c..e68b1b7 100644
--- a/json_simple.spec
+++ b/json_simple.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 Name:           json_simple
 Version:        1.1.1
-Release:        8%{?dist}
+Release:        9%{?dist}
 Summary:        Simple Java toolkit for JSON
 
 Group:          Development/Libraries
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ URL:            http://code.google.com/p/json-simple/
 # svn export http://json-simple.googlecode.com/svn/tags/tag_release_1_1_1/ json-simple-1.1.1
 # tar czf json-simple-1.1.1-src-svn.tar.gz json-simple-1.1.1
 Source0:        json-simple-1.1.1-src-svn.tar.gz
+#https://code.google.com/p/json-simple/issues/detail?id=97
+Patch0:         json-simple-hash-java-1.8.patch
 
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
@@ -60,6 +62,8 @@ find . -name '*.jar' -exec rm -f '{}' \;
 # All the files have dos line endings, remove them.
 find . -type f -exec %{__sed} -i 's/\r//' {} \;
 
+%patch0 -p1
+
 %build
 
 %{mvn_build}
@@ -76,10 +80,12 @@ install -pm 644 pom.xml %{buildroot}%{_mavenpomdir}/JPP-%{name}.pom
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_javadocdir}/%{name}
 cp -rp target/site/apidocs/* %{buildroot}%{_javadocdir}/%{name}
 
+rm %{buildroot}%{_usr}/share/maven-metadata/json_simple.xml
+
 %files
 %{_javadir}/%{name}.jar
 %{_mavenpomdir}/JPP-%{name}.pom
-%{_mavendepmapfragdir}/%{name}
+#%%{_mavendepmapfragdir}/%{name}
 %doc AUTHORS.txt ChangeLog.txt LICENSE.txt README.txt
 
 %files javadoc
@@ -87,6 +93,9 @@ cp -rp target/site/apidocs/* %{buildroot}%{_javadocdir}/%{name}
 %doc LICENSE.txt
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Jul 22 2014 Steve Traylen <steve.traylen@cern.ch> - 1.1.1-9
+- Skip hash tests for now bug #97
+
 * Mon Jul 21 2014 Steve Traylen <steve.traylen@cern.ch> - 1.1.1-8
 - BR junit4 -> junit.