diff --git a/make/conf/version-numbers.conf b/make/conf/version-numbers.conf
index b4571b544e2..819f8796e2e 100644
--- a/make/conf/version-numbers.conf
+++ b/make/conf/version-numbers.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2011, 2023, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2011, 2024, 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="20 21"
 DEFAULT_JDK_SOURCE_TARGET_VERSION=21
-DEFAULT_PROMOTED_VERSION_PRE=ea
+DEFAULT_PROMOTED_VERSION_PRE=