Any version before 1.8.8 cannot be built such as 1.8

Exception in thread "main" java.io.FileNotFoundException: work\minecraft_server.1.8.jar (The system cannot find the file specified)
        at java.util.zip.ZipFile.open(Native Method)
        at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:228)
        at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:157)
        at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:171)
        at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:135)
        at org.spigotmc.builder.Builder.main(Builder.java:420)
        at org.spigotmc.builder.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:27)

Downloading the server jar at https://launcher.mojang.com/v1/objects/a028f00e678ee5c6aef0e29656dca091b5df11c7/server.jar then renaming it in the /work folder works