diff --git a/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp b/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp
index 752ccdfec608846ac51c68f232f8d271bdac289c..580aa41ef0ccc4a29f7e0d5eaa287138eb9e50ee 100644
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
 #define JAVA_CLASSFILE_MAGIC              0xCAFEBABE
 #define JAVA_MIN_SUPPORTED_VERSION        45
-#define JAVA_MAX_SUPPORTED_VERSION        50
+#define JAVA_MAX_SUPPORTED_VERSION        51
 #define JAVA_MAX_SUPPORTED_MINOR_VERSION  0
 
 // Used for two backward compatibility reasons: