--- old/src/share/vm/prims/jni.cpp	2013-03-05 16:56:20.976535481 -0500
+++ new/src/share/vm/prims/jni.cpp	2013-03-05 16:56:19.860472071 -0500
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
 # include "os_bsd.inline.hpp"
 #endif
 
-static jint CurrentVersion = JNI_VERSION_1_6;
+static jint CurrentVersion = JNI_VERSION_1_8;
 
 
 // The DT_RETURN_MARK macros create a scoped object to fire the dtrace
--- old/src/share/vm/prims/jni.h	2013-03-05 16:56:24.528737301 -0500
+++ new/src/share/vm/prims/jni.h	2013-03-05 16:56:23.372671619 -0500
@@ -1951,6 +1951,7 @@
 #define JNI_VERSION_1_2 0x00010002
 #define JNI_VERSION_1_4 0x00010004
 #define JNI_VERSION_1_6 0x00010006
+#define JNI_VERSION_1_8 0x00010008
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 } /* extern "C" */
--- old/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp	2013-03-05 16:56:28.060937984 -0500
+++ new/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp	2013-03-05 16:56:26.924873439 -0500
@@ -4061,6 +4061,7 @@
   if (version == JNI_VERSION_1_2) return JNI_TRUE;
   if (version == JNI_VERSION_1_4) return JNI_TRUE;
   if (version == JNI_VERSION_1_6) return JNI_TRUE;
+  if (version == JNI_VERSION_1_8) return JNI_TRUE;
   return JNI_FALSE;
 }