diff --git a/features/org.eclipse.jst.server_adapters.ext.feature/feature.xml b/features/org.eclipse.jst.server_adapters.ext.feature/feature.xml
index e4ec1d9..d5d004f 100644
--- a/features/org.eclipse.jst.server_adapters.ext.feature/feature.xml
+++ b/features/org.eclipse.jst.server_adapters.ext.feature/feature.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <feature
       id="org.eclipse.jst.server_adapters.ext.feature"
       label="%featureName"
-      version="3.3.601.qualifier"
+      version="3.3.602.qualifier"
       provider-name="%providerName"
       license-feature="org.eclipse.license"
       license-feature-version="1.0.1.qualifier">
diff --git a/features/org.eclipse.jst.server_adapters.ext.feature/pom.xml b/features/org.eclipse.jst.server_adapters.ext.feature/pom.xml
index 6e40ab8..65e74cf 100644
--- a/features/org.eclipse.jst.server_adapters.ext.feature/pom.xml
+++ b/features/org.eclipse.jst.server_adapters.ext.feature/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
-  Copyright (c) 2012, 2017 Eclipse Foundation and others.
+  Copyright (c) 2012, 2018 Eclipse Foundation and others.
   All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
   are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Distribution License v1.0
   which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.eclipse.webtools.servertools</groupId>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.jst.server_adapters.ext.feature</artifactId>
-  <version>3.3.601-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.3.602-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>eclipse-feature</packaging>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.jst.server.tomcat.core/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/plugins/org.eclipse.jst.server.tomcat.core/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 8d8686f..896c77d 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.jst.server.tomcat.core/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.jst.server.tomcat.core/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: %pluginName
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.jst.server.tomcat.core; singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 1.1.901.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 1.1.902.qualifier
 Bundle-Activator: org.eclipse.jst.server.tomcat.core.internal.TomcatPlugin
 Bundle-Vendor: %providerName
 Bundle-Localization: plugin
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.jst.server.tomcat.core/pom.xml b/plugins/org.eclipse.jst.server.tomcat.core/pom.xml
index 3f2d733..811cd8a 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.jst.server.tomcat.core/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.jst.server.tomcat.core/pom.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@
 
   <groupId>org.eclipse.webtools.servertools</groupId>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.jst.server.tomcat.core</artifactId>
-  <version>1.1.901-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.1.902-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>eclipse-plugin</packaging>
 </project>
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.jst.server.tomcat.core/tomcatcore/org/eclipse/jst/server/tomcat/core/internal/TomcatServerBehaviour.java b/plugins/org.eclipse.jst.server.tomcat.core/tomcatcore/org/eclipse/jst/server/tomcat/core/internal/TomcatServerBehaviour.java
index 9988c3c..db6fda7 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.jst.server.tomcat.core/tomcatcore/org/eclipse/jst/server/tomcat/core/internal/TomcatServerBehaviour.java
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.jst.server.tomcat.core/tomcatcore/org/eclipse/jst/server/tomcat/core/internal/TomcatServerBehaviour.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2003, 2017 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2003, 2018 IBM Corporation and others.
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
@@ -939,7 +939,13 @@
 				if (vmInstall instanceof IVMInstall2) {
 					version = ((IVMInstall2) vmInstall).getJavaVersion();
 				}
-				if (version == null || !version.startsWith("9")) {
+
+				int version_num = 8;
+				if(version!=null)
+					version_num = Integer.parseInt(version.split("\\.")[0]);
+
+				
+				if (version == null || version_num < 9) {
 					String endorsedDirectories = getTomcatVersionHandler().getEndorsedDirectories(getServer().getRuntime().getLocation());
 					if (endorsedDirectories.length() > 0) {
 						String[] endorsements = new String[]{"-Djava.endorsed.dirs=\"" + endorsedDirectories + "\""};