Hey there everyone!

I have put my past eight years of project management experience for the application when I applied last year. Thankfully I wasn't audited. However I failed the exam and my application has expired. I am wondering if I can submit my application from last year without any changes? I was told that having more than eight years on the application looks suspicious. Should I take off the furthest year and add my most recent project management experience from the gap I took? Or should I just let it have nine years of experience with a total of 5,000 hours?