diff --git a/ci_common/common.hocon b/ci_common/common.hocon
index 11e7a3b12646dfe9c2d5bbb934f6f3009b173c55..777c3c453e3095f7e2e9d5607ab919decd5adc82 100644
--- a/ci_common/common.hocon
+++ b/ci_common/common.hocon
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # java 7 is needed by Truffle (for now)
 java7 : {name : oraclejdk, version : "7",    platformspecific: true}
 # java 8 must be a jvmci enabled variant
-java8 : {name : labsjdk, version : "8u171-jvmci-0.43", platformspecific: true}
+java8 : {name : labsjdk, version : "8u172-jvmci-0.46", platformspecific: true}
 java9 : {name : oraclejdk, version : "9.0.4+11", platformspecific: true}
 
 java8Downloads : {