diff -r 0c65c125ff9d -r 09c87f7a7199 jdk/src/share/classes/com/sun/java/util/jar/pack/Constants.java
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/com/sun/java/util/jar/pack/Constants.java	Mon Nov 05 14:53:05 2012 -0800
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/com/sun/java/util/jar/pack/Constants.java	Mon Nov 05 15:00:55 2012 -0800
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@
     public final static Package.Version JAVA7_MAX_CLASS_VERSION =
             Package.Version.of(51, 00);
 
+    public final static Package.Version JAVA8_MAX_CLASS_VERSION =
+            Package.Version.of(52, 00);
+
     public final static int JAVA_PACKAGE_MAGIC = 0xCAFED00D;
 
     public final static Package.Version JAVA5_PACKAGE_VERSION =
@@ -72,7 +75,7 @@
 
     // upper limit, should point to the latest class version
     public final static Package.Version JAVA_MAX_CLASS_VERSION =
-            JAVA7_MAX_CLASS_VERSION;
+            JAVA8_MAX_CLASS_VERSION;
 
     // upper limit should point to the latest package version, for version info!.
     public final static Package.Version MAX_PACKAGE_VERSION =