diff --git a/ci_common/common.hocon b/ci_common/common.hocon
index d7086e35c8e313fe67ee633612331b95b11304c1..dbd8fe06aaf9c6ede08f96e6fc10bca416624004 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 : "8u172-jvmci-0.46", platformspecific: true}
+java8 : {name : labsjdk, version : "8u172-jvmci-0.47", platformspecific: true}
 java9 : {name : oraclejdk, version : "9.0.4+11", platformspecific: true}
 
 java8Downloads : {