diff --git a/make/Jprt.gmk b/make/Jprt.gmk
index c40e85251699fe16c505c18ae75863ab8c8a5bb0..d31c845d076e06adc6fd2f720ead9760179e1383 100644
--- a/make/Jprt.gmk
+++ b/make/Jprt.gmk
@@ -145,6 +145,9 @@ $(BUILD_DIR_ROOT)/.bridge2configureOptsLatest: FRC
           ifdef ALT_INSTALL_UPX_FILENAME
 	    @$(ECHO) " --with-upx-filename=$(call UnixPath,$(ALT_INSTALL_UPX_FILENAME)) " >> $@.tmp
           endif
+          ifdef ALT_BSDIFF_DIR
+	    @$(ECHO) " --with-bsdiff-dir=$(call UnixPath,$(ALT_BSDIFF_DIR)) " >> $@.tmp
+          endif
           ifdef ALT_CCSS_SIGNING_DIR
 	    @$(ECHO) " --with-ccss-signing=$(call UnixPath,$(ALT_CCSS_SIGNING_DIR)) " >> $@.tmp
           endif
diff --git a/make/jprt.properties b/make/jprt.properties
index ae20e82eae0f9c5376d4e7e601bbb759c1d70b09..23a02c55e8e322589e8c82b53dd1bb51efbb0319 100644
--- a/make/jprt.properties
+++ b/make/jprt.properties
@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@
 
 # Properties for jprt
 
-# Locked down to jdk8
-jprt.tools.default.release=jdk8
+# The current release name
+my.jdk.update.version=25
+jprt.tools.default.release=jdk8u${my.jdk.update.version}
 
 # Unix toolkit to use for building on windows
 jprt.windows.jdk8.build.unix.toolkit=cygwin