--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/prims/jni.cpp	Wed Mar 02 17:09:32 2016 +0000
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/prims/jni.cpp	Wed Mar 02 15:10:38 2016 -0500
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
 #include "jvmci/jvmciRuntime.hpp"
 #endif
 
-static jint CurrentVersion = JNI_VERSION_1_8;
+static jint CurrentVersion = JNI_VERSION_9;
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 extern LONG WINAPI topLevelExceptionFilter(_EXCEPTION_POINTERS* );

--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/prims/jni.h	Wed Mar 02 17:09:32 2016 +0000
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/prims/jni.h	Wed Mar 02 15:10:38 2016 -0500
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -1952,6 +1952,7 @@
 #define JNI_VERSION_1_4 0x00010004
 #define JNI_VERSION_1_6 0x00010006
 #define JNI_VERSION_1_8 0x00010008
+#define JNI_VERSION_9   0x00090000
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 } /* extern "C" */

--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp	Wed Mar 02 17:09:32 2016 +0000
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp	Wed Mar 02 15:10:38 2016 -0500
@@ -4133,6 +4133,7 @@
   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;
+  if (version == JNI_VERSION_9) return JNI_TRUE;
   return JNI_FALSE;
 }
 

--- a/hotspot/test/native_sanity/JniVersion.java	Wed Mar 02 17:09:32 2016 +0000
+++ b/hotspot/test/native_sanity/JniVersion.java	Wed Mar 02 15:10:38 2016 -0500
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015, 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@
  */
 public class JniVersion {
 
-    public static final int JNI_VERSION_1_8 = 0x00010008;
+    public static final int JNI_VERSION_9 = 0x00090000;
 
     public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
         System.loadLibrary("JniVersion");
         int res = getJniVersion();
-        if (res < JNI_VERSION_1_8) {
+        if (res != JNI_VERSION_9) {
             throw new Exception("Unexpected value returned from getJniVersion(): 0x" + Integer.toHexString(res));
         }
     }