diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index aa7106d28..3d8205c4f 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -132,20 +132,6 @@ pipeline {
                         sh 'MAVEN_OPTS="-Duser.name=jenkins -Duser.home=/tmp/jenkins-home" ./mvnw -Peclipselink-27 clean dependency:list test -Dsort -Dbundlor.enabled=false -U -B'
                     }
                 }
-                stage("test: eclipselink-27-next") {
-                    agent {
-                        docker {
-                            image 'adoptopenjdk/openjdk8:latest'
-                            label 'data'
-                            args '-v $HOME:/tmp/jenkins-home'
-                        }
-                    }
-                    options { timeout(time: 30, unit: 'MINUTES') }
-                    steps {
-                        sh 'rm -rf ?'
-                        sh 'MAVEN_OPTS="-Duser.name=jenkins -Duser.home=/tmp/jenkins-home" ./mvnw -Peclipselink-27-next clean dependency:list test -Dsort -Dbundlor.enabled=false -U -B'
-                    }
-                }
             }
         }
         stage('Release to artifactory') {
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d111daffd..c469017dd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -116,21 +116,9 @@
 		<profile>
 			<id>eclipselink-27</id>
 			<properties>
-				<eclipselink>2.7.3</eclipselink>
+				<eclipselink>2.7.7</eclipselink>
 			</properties>
 		</profile>
-		<profile>
-			<id>eclipselink-27-next</id>
-			<properties>
-				<eclipselink>2.7.4-SNAPSHOT</eclipselink>
-			</properties>
-			<repositories>
-				<repository>
-					<id>oss-sonatype</id>
-					<url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
-				</repository>
-			</repositories>
-		</profile>
 		<profile>
 			<id>docs</id>