diff --git a/development/openjdk8/README b/development/openjdk8/README
index 154612d127..8258e18166 100644
--- a/development/openjdk8/README
+++ b/development/openjdk8/README
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ that you have already installed as they may cause conflicts with the
 PATH, JAVA_HOME and MANPATH variables (this includes the 'openjdk7'
 dependency package -- you may wish to remove it after you're done.)
 
-If you already have 'openjdk8' on your system (and are compiling a
-newer version, for example) you don't need the 'openjdk7' dependency.
+If you already have 'openjdk8' on your system (and are compiling a newer
+version, for example) you don't need the 'openjdk7' dependency.
 
-After installing the package you will need to logout/reboot your
-machine as it will add new files to the /etc/profile.d folder.
+After installing the package you will need to logout/reboot your machine
+as it will add new files to the /etc/profile.d folder.
 
 This script may take a couple of hours to complete and will require
 about 11 GB of disk space for its temporary directory. It defaults to
diff --git a/development/openjdk8/openjdk8.SlackBuild b/development/openjdk8/openjdk8.SlackBuild
index 2528510631..d3b1688d81 100644
--- a/development/openjdk8/openjdk8.SlackBuild
+++ b/development/openjdk8/openjdk8.SlackBuild
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=openjdk8
-VERSION=${VERSION:-8u242}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-8u252}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
 DVER=1.8.0_$(printf $VERSION | cut -du -f2)
-ICEDTEA=icedtea-3.15.0
+ICEDTEA=icedtea-3.16.0
 
 if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
   case "$( uname -m )" in
@@ -81,8 +81,6 @@ $(
 #+ http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6/os/x86_64/Packages/ca-certificates-2015.2.4-65.0.1.el6_6.noarch.rpm
 #  You can list its contents with this command (after you install this package:)
 #+ 'keytool -v -list -keystore ./cacerts -storepass changeit'
-#  It's old and some certificates inside have already expired but without it some java programs
-#+ may throw exceptions. It is meant as a dummy placehoder file.
 ) \
    --with-openjdk-src-zip="$CWD/openjdk.tar.xz" \
    --with-corba-src-zip="$CWD/corba.tar.xz" \
diff --git a/development/openjdk8/openjdk8.info b/development/openjdk8/openjdk8.info
index 589d18ff05..b28c9c0a9b 100644
--- a/development/openjdk8/openjdk8.info
+++ b/development/openjdk8/openjdk8.info
@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
 PRGNAM="openjdk8"
-VERSION="8u242"
+VERSION="8u252"
 HOMEPAGE="http://openjdk.java.net"
-DOWNLOAD="http://icedtea.classpath.org/download/source/icedtea-3.15.0.tar.xz \
-          http://icedtea.classpath.org/download/drops/icedtea8/3.15.0/openjdk.tar.xz \
-          http://icedtea.classpath.org/download/drops/icedtea8/3.15.0/corba.tar.xz \
-          http://icedtea.classpath.org/download/drops/icedtea8/3.15.0/jaxp.tar.xz \
-          http://icedtea.classpath.org/download/drops/icedtea8/3.15.0/jaxws.tar.xz \
-          http://icedtea.classpath.org/download/drops/icedtea8/3.15.0/jdk.tar.xz \
-          http://icedtea.classpath.org/download/drops/icedtea8/3.15.0/langtools.tar.xz \
-          http://icedtea.classpath.org/download/drops/icedtea8/3.15.0/nashorn.tar.xz \
-          http://icedtea.classpath.org/download/drops/icedtea8/3.15.0/hotspot.tar.xz"
-MD5SUM="f789fff45db6fdcc663d2a277e423763 \
-    f8de18e2a79f5cd0a4f65c134505f1b3 \
-    a1835170b80736ea01548892d05269b9 \
-    bac0dfc3edeb36bb0a8e17bf3e8638ba \
-    c0ec29233b16d028710f3e8a46fa0d8d \
-    1fb48b1c922b5e451c8c974e7e017c81 \
-    aac611dac366e55f608b8c0c945b230c \
-    c4b7700db1ccdb5817a8a614934089a3 \
-    1bf3fe318193497ad84f96c166261218"
+DOWNLOAD="http://icedtea.classpath.org/download/source/icedtea-3.16.0.tar.xz \
+          http://icedtea.classpath.org/download/drops/icedtea8/3.16.0/openjdk.tar.xz \
+          http://icedtea.classpath.org/download/drops/icedtea8/3.16.0/corba.tar.xz \
+          http://icedtea.classpath.org/download/drops/icedtea8/3.16.0/jaxp.tar.xz \
+          http://icedtea.classpath.org/download/drops/icedtea8/3.16.0/jaxws.tar.xz \
+          http://icedtea.classpath.org/download/drops/icedtea8/3.16.0/jdk.tar.xz \
+          http://icedtea.classpath.org/download/drops/icedtea8/3.16.0/langtools.tar.xz \
+          http://icedtea.classpath.org/download/drops/icedtea8/3.16.0/nashorn.tar.xz \
+          http://icedtea.classpath.org/download/drops/icedtea8/3.16.0/hotspot.tar.xz"
+MD5SUM="a8a202fdd4aa170f80968508477cd986 \
+    0908aaf4976a9092ea41657a53aa3195 \
+    293716bae4f8519f5223efe3b03cc38f \
+    83d457c1eeb61874dbcb0a0dca06cc00 \
+    f0708de204b736ea0f5bb4125a7a8943 \
+    55a648609f76b93ac19878bc21ba0f35 \
+    5ba24b93a4f909e5725ad6c04b8f3ed4 \
+    6fd7950ea8afb9ae986272aab55ed721 \
+    a5e5491cf87903cae64bda8fef6e3314"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="openjdk7"