diff -r 9f913dffab13 -r acfedb75dd51 src/jdk.jlink/share/classes/jdk/tools/jlink/internal/JarArchive.java
--- a/src/jdk.jlink/share/classes/jdk/tools/jlink/internal/JarArchive.java	Mon Nov 13 18:14:33 2017 +0100
+++ b/src/jdk.jlink/share/classes/jdk/tools/jlink/internal/JarArchive.java	Tue Nov 14 08:59:19 2017 +0530
@@ -74,14 +74,16 @@
 
     private final Path file;
     private final String moduleName;
+    private final Runtime.Version version;
     // currently processed JarFile
     private JarFile jarFile;
 
-    protected JarArchive(String mn, Path file) {
+    protected JarArchive(String mn, Path file, Runtime.Version version) {
         Objects.requireNonNull(mn);
         Objects.requireNonNull(file);
         this.moduleName = mn;
         this.file = file;
+        this.version = Objects.requireNonNull(version);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -126,7 +128,7 @@
         if (jarFile != null) {
             jarFile.close();
         }
-        jarFile = new JarFile(file.toFile(), true, ZipFile.OPEN_READ, JarFile.runtimeVersion());
+        jarFile = new JarFile(file.toFile(), true, ZipFile.OPEN_READ, version);
     }
 
     protected JarFile getJarFile() {