diff --git a/utbot-core/src/main/kotlin/org/utbot/common/JvmUtil.kt b/utbot-core/src/main/kotlin/org/utbot/common/JvmUtil.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..50ad3db83d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utbot-core/src/main/kotlin/org/utbot/common/JvmUtil.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package org.utbot.common
+
+private val javaSpecificationVersion = System.getProperty("java.specification.version")
+val isJvm8 = javaSpecificationVersion.equals("1.8")
+val isJvm9Plus = !javaSpecificationVersion.contains(".") && javaSpecificationVersion.toInt() >= 9
diff --git a/utbot-core/src/main/kotlin/org/utbot/common/OsUtil.kt b/utbot-core/src/main/kotlin/org/utbot/common/OsUtil.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3c8a1b53d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utbot-core/src/main/kotlin/org/utbot/common/OsUtil.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package org.utbot.common
+
+import java.util.*
+
+private val os = System.getProperty("os.name").lowercase(Locale.getDefault())
+val isWindows = os.startsWith("windows")
+val isUnix = !isWindows
+val isMac = os.startsWith("mac")
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diff --git a/utbot-core/src/main/kotlin/org/utbot/common/ProcessUtil.kt b/utbot-core/src/main/kotlin/org/utbot/common/ProcessUtil.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a0a4b136c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utbot-core/src/main/kotlin/org/utbot/common/ProcessUtil.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+package org.utbot.common
+
+import com.sun.jna.Library
+import com.sun.jna.Native
+import com.sun.jna.Pointer
+import com.sun.jna.platform.win32.Kernel32
+import com.sun.jna.platform.win32.WinNT
+
+/**
+ * working pid for jvm 8 and 9+
+ */
+val Process.getPid: Long
+    get() = try {
+        if (isJvm9Plus) {
+            // because we cannot reference Java9+ API here
+            ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader().loadClass("java.lang.Process").getDeclaredMethod("pid").invoke(this) as Long
+        } else {
+            when (javaClass.name) {
+                "java.lang.UNIXProcess" -> {
+                    val fPid = javaClass.getDeclaredField("pid")
+                    fPid.withAccessibility { fPid.getLong(this) }
+
+                }
+
+                "java.lang.Win32Process", "java.lang.ProcessImpl" -> {
+                    val fHandle = javaClass.getDeclaredField("handle")
+                    fHandle.withAccessibility {
+                        val handle = fHandle.getLong(this)
+                        val winntHandle = WinNT.HANDLE()
+                        winntHandle.pointer = Pointer.createConstant(handle)
+                        Kernel32.INSTANCE.GetProcessId(winntHandle).toLong()
+                    }
+                }
+
+                else -> -2
+            }
+        }
+    } catch (e: Exception) {
+        -1
+    }
+
+private interface CLibrary : Library {
+    fun getpid(): Int
+
+    companion object {
+        val INSTANCE = Native.load("c", CLibrary::class.java) as CLibrary
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * working for jvm 8 and 9+
+ */
+val currentProcessPid: Long
+    get() =
+        try {
+            if (isJvm9Plus) {
+                ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader().loadClass("java.lang.ProcessHandle").let {
+                    val handle = it.getDeclaredMethod("current").invoke(it)
+                    it.getDeclaredMethod("pid").invoke(handle) as Long
+                }
+            } else {
+                if (isWindows) {
+                    Kernel32.INSTANCE.GetCurrentProcessId()
+                } else {
+                    CLibrary.INSTANCE.getpid()
+                }.toLong()
+            }
+        } catch (e: Throwable) {
+            -1
+        }
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diff --git a/utbot-instrumentation/build.gradle b/utbot-instrumentation/build.gradle
index cccb18fe61..c1671d2a49 100644
--- a/utbot-instrumentation/build.gradle
+++ b/utbot-instrumentation/build.gradle
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ dependencies {
 
     implementation group: 'com.jetbrains.rd', name: 'rd-framework', version: '2022.3.1'
     implementation group: 'com.jetbrains.rd', name: 'rd-core', version: '2022.3.1'
+    implementation group: 'net.java.dev.jna', name: 'jna-platform', version: '5.5.0'
 
 
     // TODO: this is necessary for inline classes mocking in UtExecutionInstrumentation
diff --git a/utbot-instrumentation/src/main/kotlin/org/utbot/instrumentation/process/ChildProcess.kt b/utbot-instrumentation/src/main/kotlin/org/utbot/instrumentation/process/ChildProcess.kt
index 918b533d6a..679609d8cd 100644
--- a/utbot-instrumentation/src/main/kotlin/org/utbot/instrumentation/process/ChildProcess.kt
+++ b/utbot-instrumentation/src/main/kotlin/org/utbot/instrumentation/process/ChildProcess.kt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import com.jetbrains.rd.util.lifetime.plusAssign
 import com.jetbrains.rd.util.threading.SingleThreadScheduler
 import kotlinx.coroutines.*
 import kotlinx.coroutines.channels.Channel
-import org.utbot.common.scanForClasses
+import org.utbot.common.*
 import org.utbot.framework.plugin.api.util.UtContext
 import org.utbot.instrumentation.agent.Agent
 import org.utbot.instrumentation.instrumentation.Instrumentation
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ private object HandlerClassesLoader : URLClassLoader(emptyArray()) {
 
 private typealias ChildProcessLogLevel = LogLevel
 
-private val logLevel = ChildProcessLogLevel.Trace
+private val logLevel = ChildProcessLogLevel.Info
 
 // Logging
 private val dateFormatter: DateTimeFormatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("HH:mm:ss.SSS")
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ suspend fun main(args: Array<String>) = runBlocking {
         ?.run { split("=").last().toInt().coerceIn(1..65535) }
         ?: throw IllegalArgumentException("No port provided")
 
-    val pid = ProcessHandle.current().pid().toInt()
+    val pid = currentProcessPid.toInt()
     val def = LifetimeDefinition()
 
     SingleThreadScheduler(Lifetime.Eternal, "")
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ suspend fun main(args: Array<String>) = runBlocking {
         lifetime += { logInfo { "lifetime terminated" } }
         try {
             logInfo {"pid - $pid"}
+            logInfo {"isJvm8 - $isJvm8, isJvm9Plus - $isJvm9Plus, isWindows - $isWindows"}
             initiate(lifetime, port, pid)
         } finally {
             val syncFile = File(processSyncDirectory, childCreatedFileName(pid))
@@ -264,11 +265,6 @@ private suspend fun initiate(lifetime: Lifetime, port: Int, pid: Int) {
         SocketWire.Client(lifetime, scheduler, port),
         lifetime
     )
-    logInfo {
-        "heartbeatAlive - ${clientProtocol.wire.heartbeatAlive.value}, connected - ${
-            clientProtocol.wire.connected.value
-        }"
-    }
     val (sync, protocolModel) = obtainClientIO(lifetime, clientProtocol)
 
     protocolModel.setup(kryoHelper) {
@@ -279,6 +275,7 @@ private suspend fun initiate(lifetime: Lifetime, port: Int, pid: Int) {
 
     val answerFromMainProcess = sync.adviseForConditionAsync(lifetime) {
         if (it == "main") {
+            logTrace { "received from main" }
             measureExecutionForTermination {
                 sync.fire("child")
             }
diff --git a/utbot-instrumentation/src/main/kotlin/org/utbot/instrumentation/process/ChildProcessRunner.kt b/utbot-instrumentation/src/main/kotlin/org/utbot/instrumentation/process/ChildProcessRunner.kt
index 82ba3ad898..10dc7b5cc3 100644
--- a/utbot-instrumentation/src/main/kotlin/org/utbot/instrumentation/process/ChildProcessRunner.kt
+++ b/utbot-instrumentation/src/main/kotlin/org/utbot/instrumentation/process/ChildProcessRunner.kt
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class ChildProcessRunner {
             .directory(directory)
 
         return processBuilder.start().also {
-            logger.debug { "Process started with PID=${it.pid()}" }
+            logger.debug { "Process started with PID=${it.getPid}" }
 
             if (UtSettings.logConcreteExecutionErrors) {
                 logger.debug { "Child process error log: ${errorLogFile.absolutePath}" }
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class ChildProcessRunner {
                 run {
                     logger.debug("Trying to find jar in the resources.")
                     val tempDir = utBotTempDirectory.toFile()
-                    val unzippedJarName = "$UTBOT_INSTRUMENTATION-${ProcessHandle.current().pid()}.jar"
+                    val unzippedJarName = "$UTBOT_INSTRUMENTATION-${currentProcessPid}.jar"
                     val instrumentationJarFile = File(tempDir, unzippedJarName)
 
                     ChildProcessRunner::class.java.classLoader
diff --git a/utbot-instrumentation/src/main/kotlin/org/utbot/instrumentation/rd/UtInstrumentationProcess.kt b/utbot-instrumentation/src/main/kotlin/org/utbot/instrumentation/rd/UtInstrumentationProcess.kt
index cb608bfe13..47ca22e050 100644
--- a/utbot-instrumentation/src/main/kotlin/org/utbot/instrumentation/rd/UtInstrumentationProcess.kt
+++ b/utbot-instrumentation/src/main/kotlin/org/utbot/instrumentation/rd/UtInstrumentationProcess.kt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import com.jetbrains.rd.util.lifetime.Lifetime
 import com.jetbrains.rd.util.lifetime.isAlive
 import kotlinx.coroutines.delay
 import mu.KotlinLogging
+import org.utbot.common.getPid
 import org.utbot.instrumentation.instrumentation.Instrumentation
 import org.utbot.instrumentation.process.ChildProcessRunner
 import org.utbot.instrumentation.rd.generated.AddPathsParams
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ class UtInstrumentationProcess private constructor(
         // 1. child process will create file "${processId}.created" - this indicates that child process is ready to receive messages
         // 2. we will test the connection via sync RdSignal
         // only then we can successfully start operating
-        val pid = process.toHandle().pid().toInt()
+        val pid = process.getPid.toInt()
         val syncFile = File(processSyncDirectory, childCreatedFileName(pid))
 
         while (lifetime.isAlive) {