diff --git a/jr-objects/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/jr/ob/ValueIterator.java b/jr-objects/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/jr/ob/ValueIterator.java
index 4e885b61..015bd05e 100644
--- a/jr-objects/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/jr/ob/ValueIterator.java
+++ b/jr-objects/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/jr/ob/ValueIterator.java
@@ -406,10 +406,14 @@ protected <R> R _throwNoSuchElement() {
     }
     
     protected <R> R _handleMappingException(JSONObjectException e) {
-        throw new UncheckedIOException(e.getMessage(), e);
+        // Only with JDK8:
+//        throw new UncheckedIOException(e.getMessage(), e);
+        throw new RuntimeException(e.getMessage(), e);
     }
 
     protected <R> R _handleIOException(IOException e) {
-        throw new UncheckedIOException(e.getMessage(), e);
+        // Only with JDK8:
+//        throw new UncheckedIOException(e.getMessage(), e);
+        throw new RuntimeException(e.getMessage(), e);
     }
 }
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
index de20fe09..078c6da9 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ Project: jackson-jr
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+2.10.2 (not yet released)
+
+#71: Jackson-jr 2.10 accidentally uses `UncheckedIOException` only available on JDK 8
+
 2.10.1 (09-Nov-2019)
 
 No changes since 2.10.0