diff -r 05df7e64ecfc -r be5a3f551026 hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp	Fri Feb 05 08:59:36 2016 +0100
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp	Fri Feb 05 08:14:08 2016 -0500
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 
 #define JAVA_CLASSFILE_MAGIC              0xCAFEBABE
 #define JAVA_MIN_SUPPORTED_VERSION        45
-#define JAVA_MAX_SUPPORTED_VERSION        52
+#define JAVA_MAX_SUPPORTED_VERSION        53
 #define JAVA_MAX_SUPPORTED_MINOR_VERSION  0
 
 // Used for two backward compatibility reasons:
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@
 // Extension method support.
 #define JAVA_8_VERSION                    52
 
+#define JAVA_9_VERSION                    53
+
 enum { LegalClass, LegalField, LegalMethod }; // used to verify unqualified names
 
 void ClassFileParser::parse_constant_pool_entries(const ClassFileStream* const stream,