diff --git a/jdk/make/common/shared/Defs-versions.gmk b/jdk/make/common/shared/Defs-versions.gmk
index 91fe4be8056..88e7ae5267c 100644
--- a/jdk/make/common/shared/Defs-versions.gmk
+++ b/jdk/make/common/shared/Defs-versions.gmk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2009, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 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
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ endif
 REQUIRED_ANT_VER          = 1.6.3
 REQUIRED_BOOT_VER         = 1.6
 REQUIRED_FREETYPE_VERSION = 2.3.0
-REQUIRED_MAKE_VER         = 3.78
+REQUIRED_MAKE_VER         = 3.81
 REQUIRED_UNZIP_VER        = 5.12
 REQUIRED_ZIP_VER          = 2.2