--- old/hotspot/test/runtime/6981737/Test6981737.java	2015-06-09 15:50:24.757758700 +0200
+++ new/hotspot/test/runtime/6981737/Test6981737.java	2015-06-09 15:50:24.617758697 +0200
@@ -38,12 +38,13 @@
      */
     public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
 
-        String version = verifyProperty("java.version", "[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\..*");
-        String major_version_spec = version.split("\\.")[1];
+        String version = verifyProperty("java.version", "[0-9]+[\\\\.[0-9]+]*\\-.*");
+        String version_tokens[] = version.split("-|\\.");
+        String major_version_spec = version_tokens[0];
         int major_version = new Integer(major_version_spec).intValue();
 
         String vendor_re = "Oracle Corporation";
-        String vm_spec_version_re = "1\\." + major_version_spec;
+        String vm_spec_version_re = major_version_spec;
         if (major_version < 7) {
             vendor_re = "Sun Microsystems Inc\\.";
             vm_spec_version_re = "1\\.0";