diff --git a/dev-java/xalan/xalan-2.7.3-r2.ebuild b/dev-java/xalan/xalan-2.7.3-r3.ebuild
similarity index 94%
rename from dev-java/xalan/xalan-2.7.3-r2.ebuild
rename to dev-java/xalan/xalan-2.7.3-r3.ebuild
index 06f57ca472907..1e55c795174e5 100644
--- a/dev-java/xalan/xalan-2.7.3-r2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-java/xalan/xalan-2.7.3-r3.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -31,10 +31,12 @@ CP_DEPEND="
 	dev-java/xerces:2
 "
 
+# restrict to max Java 25
+# https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8359053
 DEPEND="
 	${COMMON_DEPEND}
 	${CP_DEPEND}
-	>=virtual/jdk-1.8:*
+	<=virtual/jdk-25:*
 "
 
 RDEPEND="