diff --git a/common.json b/common.json
index ad9daa718f03..2edfa1e946a2 100644
--- a/common.json
+++ b/common.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
   "COMMENT.jdks": "When adding or removing JDKs keep in sync with JDKs in ci/common.jsonnet",
   "jdks": {
-    "galahad-jdk":        {"name": "jpg-jdk",   "version": "25",      "build_id": "jdk-25+24-2946", "platformspecific": true, "extrabundles": ["static-libs"]},
+    "galahad-jdk":        {"name": "jpg-jdk",   "version": "25",      "build_id": "jdk-25+24-2964", "platformspecific": true, "extrabundles": ["static-libs"]},
 
     "oraclejdk17":        {"name": "jpg-jdk",   "version": "17.0.7",  "build_id": "jdk-17.0.7+8", "platformspecific": true, "extrabundles": ["static-libs"]},
     "labsjdk-ce-17":      {"name": "labsjdk",   "version": "ce-17.0.7+4-jvmci-23.1-b02", "platformspecific": true },
diff --git a/sdk/mx.sdk/mx_sdk_vm.py b/sdk/mx.sdk/mx_sdk_vm.py
index 1c0e288c37eb..16bd92bead7d 100644
--- a/sdk/mx.sdk/mx_sdk_vm.py
+++ b/sdk/mx.sdk/mx_sdk_vm.py
@@ -836,6 +836,9 @@ def _get_image_vm_options(jdk, use_upgrade_module_path, modules, synthetic_modul
             if default_to_jvmci or 'jdk.graal.compiler' in non_synthetic_modules:
                 threads = get_JVMCIThreadsPerNativeLibraryRuntime(jdk)
                 vm_options.extend(['-XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions', '-XX:+EnableJVMCIProduct'])
+                # -XX:+EnableJVMCI must be explicitly specified to the java launcher to add
+                # jdk.internal.vm.ci to the root set (JDK-8345826)
+                vm_options.append('-XX:+EnableJVMCI')
                 if threads is not None and threads != 1:
                     vm_options.append('-XX:JVMCIThreadsPerNativeLibraryRuntime=1')
                 if default_to_jvmci == 'lib':