diff --git a/ci.hocon b/ci.hocon
index fd3e7a7db039db312bfa3824a61aef512ecd76a7..f0bf56b1e49c5fbb472ab58036fb23fc4b480584 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 : "8u92-jvmci-0.22", platformspecific: true}
+java8 : {name : labsjdk, version : "8u111-jvmci-0.23", platformspecific: true}
 
 java8Downloads : {
   downloads : {