diff --git a/make/conf/version-numbers.conf b/make/conf/version-numbers.conf
index 710539bc0d7..0462cf6548a 100644
--- a/make/conf/version-numbers.conf
+++ b/make/conf/version-numbers.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2011, 2024, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2011, 2025, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 # DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
 #
 # This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -39,4 +39,4 @@ DEFAULT_VERSION_CLASSFILE_MINOR=0
 DEFAULT_VERSION_DOCS_API_SINCE=11
 DEFAULT_ACCEPTABLE_BOOT_VERSIONS="16 17"
 DEFAULT_JDK_SOURCE_TARGET_VERSION=17
-DEFAULT_PROMOTED_VERSION_PRE=ea
+DEFAULT_PROMOTED_VERSION_PRE=