diff --git a/.changelog/19104.txt b/.changelog/19104.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c045e982631
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/19104.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:improvement
+consul: constraint for minimum version of Consul increased to 1.8.0
+```
diff --git a/nomad/job_endpoint_hooks.go b/nomad/job_endpoint_hooks.go
index 5b1443bca2b..c58a5a00a46 100644
--- a/nomad/job_endpoint_hooks.go
+++ b/nomad/job_endpoint_hooks.go
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ var (
 	// consulServiceDiscoveryConstraint is the implicit constraint added to
 	// task groups which include services utilising the Consul provider. The
 	// Consul version is pinned to a minimum of that which introduced the
-	// namespace feature.
+	// JWT auth feature.
 	consulServiceDiscoveryConstraint = &structs.Constraint{
 		LTarget: attrConsulVersion,
-		RTarget: ">= 1.7.0",
+		RTarget: ">= 1.8.0",
 		Operand: structs.ConstraintSemver,
 	}
 
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ func consulConstraintFn(service *structs.Service) *structs.Constraint {
 	if service.Cluster != structs.ConsulDefaultCluster && service.Cluster != "" {
 		return &structs.Constraint{
 			LTarget: fmt.Sprintf("${attr.consul.%s.version}", service.Cluster),
-			RTarget: ">= 1.7.0",
+			RTarget: ">= 1.8.0",
 			Operand: structs.ConstraintSemver,
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/nomad/job_endpoint_hooks_test.go b/nomad/job_endpoint_hooks_test.go
index 3cab66d054e..aaf8b7deb9c 100644
--- a/nomad/job_endpoint_hooks_test.go
+++ b/nomad/job_endpoint_hooks_test.go
@@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@ func Test_jobImpliedConstraints_Mutate(t *testing.T) {
 							consulServiceDiscoveryConstraint,
 							&structs.Constraint{
 								LTarget: "${attr.consul.infra.version}",
-								RTarget: ">= 1.7.0",
+								RTarget: ">= 1.8.0",
 								Operand: structs.ConstraintSemver,
 							},
 						},
diff --git a/nomad/mock/job.go b/nomad/mock/job.go
index e2e3c1b699a..226db4521bb 100644
--- a/nomad/mock/job.go
+++ b/nomad/mock/job.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func Job() *structs.Job {
 				Constraints: []*structs.Constraint{
 					{
 						LTarget: "${attr.consul.version}",
-						RTarget: ">= 1.7.0",
+						RTarget: ">= 1.8.0",
 						Operand: structs.ConstraintSemver,
 					},
 				},