diff --git a/make/jprt.properties b/make/jprt.properties
index f6f8e41bdfac1f52a22e81cdec481b60a548ee24..d15b2a8f662b70c659848465bd11eadb298583dd 100644
--- a/make/jprt.properties
+++ b/make/jprt.properties
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #
 
 # The current release name
-my.jdk.update.version=20
+my.jdk.update.version=40
 jprt.tools.default.release=jdk8u${my.jdk.update.version}
 
 # Check if this is the equivalent of a hotspot push job