diff --git a/closed/autoconf/custom-spec.gmk.in b/closed/autoconf/custom-spec.gmk.in
index c490bc87e66..d43137a1c17 100644
--- a/closed/autoconf/custom-spec.gmk.in
+++ b/closed/autoconf/custom-spec.gmk.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # ===========================================================================
-# (c) Copyright IBM Corp. 2017, 2023 All Rights Reserved
+# (c) Copyright IBM Corp. 2017, 2024 All Rights Reserved
 # ===========================================================================
 # This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 # under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ COMPILER_VERSION_STRING := @COMPILER_VERSION_STRING@
 
 include $(TOPDIR)/closed/openjdk-tag.gmk
 
-J9JDK_EXT_VERSION       := $(VERSION_NUMBER_FOUR_POSITIONS)-ea
+J9JDK_EXT_VERSION       := $(VERSION_NUMBER_FOUR_POSITIONS)
 J9JDK_EXT_NAME          := Extensions for OpenJDK for Eclipse OpenJ9
 
 # required by CMake