diff --git a/bootstrap.sh b/bootstrap.sh
index 3045b86f7ae57630a75b9e33823dad228603e0e3..ccb4a00dcc8b92b72eb7918f7906192770468004 100644
--- a/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/bootstrap.sh
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ GEOSERVER_FILE="geoserver-$GEOSERVER_VERSION-war.zip"
 GEOSERVER_DOWNLOAD_URL="http://sourceforge.net/projects/geoserver/files/GeoServer/$GEOSERVER_VERSION/$GEOSERVER_FILE"
 GEOSERVER_SHELL_VERSION="0.2-SNAPSHOT"
 GEOSERVER_SHELL_FILE="gs-shell-$GEOSERVER_SHELL_VERSION-app.zip"
-JAVA_VERSION="8u31"
+JAVA_VERSION="8u40"
 JAVA_FILE_32="jdk-$JAVA_VERSION-linux-i586.rpm"
 JAVA_FILE_64="jdk-$JAVA_VERSION-linux-x64.rpm"
 JAVA_CRYPTO_FILE="jce_policy-8.zip"