diff --git a/.jcheck/conf b/.jcheck/conf
index 659e3a123d6..34c6450501d 100644
--- a/.jcheck/conf
+++ b/.jcheck/conf
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [general]
 project=jdk-updates
 jbs=JDK
-version=21.0.7
+version=21.0.8
 
 [checks]
 error=author,committer,reviewers,merge,issues,executable,symlink,message,hg-tag,whitespace,problemlists
diff --git a/make/conf/version-numbers.conf b/make/conf/version-numbers.conf
index 92a773a5d7f..e04709ae097 100644
--- a/make/conf/version-numbers.conf
+++ b/make/conf/version-numbers.conf
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@
 
 DEFAULT_VERSION_FEATURE=21
 DEFAULT_VERSION_INTERIM=0
-DEFAULT_VERSION_UPDATE=7
+DEFAULT_VERSION_UPDATE=8
 DEFAULT_VERSION_PATCH=0
 DEFAULT_VERSION_EXTRA1=0
 DEFAULT_VERSION_EXTRA2=0
 DEFAULT_VERSION_EXTRA3=0
-DEFAULT_VERSION_DATE=2025-04-15
+DEFAULT_VERSION_DATE=2025-07-15
 DEFAULT_VERSION_CLASSFILE_MAJOR=65  # "`$EXPR $DEFAULT_VERSION_FEATURE + 44`"
 DEFAULT_VERSION_CLASSFILE_MINOR=0
 DEFAULT_VERSION_DOCS_API_SINCE=11