diff -up db-5.3.28/lang/java/src/com/sleepycat/asm/ClassReader.java.fix db-5.3.28/lang/java/src/com/sleepycat/asm/ClassReader.java
--- db-5.3.28/lang/java/src/com/sleepycat/asm/ClassReader.java.fix	2013-09-09 17:35:04.000000000 +0200
+++ db-5.3.28/lang/java/src/com/sleepycat/asm/ClassReader.java	2014-07-14 11:51:27.584432754 +0200
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ public class ClassReader {
     public ClassReader(final byte[] b, final int off, final int len) {
         this.b = b;
         // checks the class version
-        if (readShort(6) > Opcodes.V1_7) {
+        if (readShort(6) > Opcodes.V1_8) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException();
         }
         // parses the constant pool
diff -up db-5.3.28/lang/java/src/com/sleepycat/asm/Opcodes.java.fix db-5.3.28/lang/java/src/com/sleepycat/asm/Opcodes.java
--- db-5.3.28/lang/java/src/com/sleepycat/asm/Opcodes.java.fix	2014-07-14 11:50:50.432336160 +0200
+++ db-5.3.28/lang/java/src/com/sleepycat/asm/Opcodes.java	2014-07-14 11:51:36.781456666 +0200
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ public interface Opcodes {
     int V1_5 = 0 << 16 | 49;
     int V1_6 = 0 << 16 | 50;
     int V1_7 = 0 << 16 | 51;
+    int V1_8 = 0 << 16 | 52;

     // access flags