diff --git a/ci.hocon b/ci.hocon
index 259a0e142ed2dc363b896a521cd05bed462b7e61..f274b102ffab633d0266a478af40497b0283a00e 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 : "8-jvmci-latest", platformspecific: true}
+java8 : {name : labsjdk, version : "8u161-jvmci-0.41", platformspecific: true}
 java9 : {name : labsjdk, version : "9-ea+168", platformspecific: true}
 
 java8Downloads : {