diff --git a/ci.hocon b/ci.hocon
index 9d80f57bdfee35b5ed75c817ad196986f2f46722..752f2f46a767d1f8a8301a95b81265094faec54f 100644
--- a/ci.hocon
+++ b/ci.hocon
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # 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 : "8u121-jvmci-0.24", platformspecific: true}
+java8 : {name : labsjdk, version : "8-jvmci-latest", platformspecific: true}
 
 java8Downloads : {
   downloads : {