diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 42bde5ae5..a9fc0a60f 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 version: "{branch} {build}"
 
 environment:
-  JAVA_HOME: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0
+  JAVA_HOME: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk9
   matrix:
     - JAVA_OPTS: ""
     - JAVA_OPTS: "-Djava.awt.headless=true -Dtestfx.robot=glass -Dtestfx.headless=true -Dprism.order=sw -Dprism.text=t2k -Dtestfx.setup.timeout=2500"
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ test_script:
   - gradlew.bat check --info --stacktrace --no-daemon
 
 cache:
-- C:\Users\appveyor\.gradle
\ No newline at end of file
+- C:\Users\appveyor\.gradle