diff --git a/jdk/src/share/javavm/export/classfile_constants.h b/jdk/src/share/javavm/export/classfile_constants.h
index 2ee8a3c6d2e..1fa6e3c6d01 100644
--- a/jdk/src/share/javavm/export/classfile_constants.h
+++ b/jdk/src/share/javavm/export/classfile_constants.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 /* Classfile version number for this information */
-#define JVM_CLASSFILE_MAJOR_VERSION 51
+#define JVM_CLASSFILE_MAJOR_VERSION 52
 #define JVM_CLASSFILE_MINOR_VERSION 0
 
 /* Flags */