diff --git a/pipelines/build/common/build_base_file.groovy b/pipelines/build/common/build_base_file.groovy
index 8876416c6..6406b0b42 100644
--- a/pipelines/build/common/build_base_file.groovy
+++ b/pipelines/build/common/build_base_file.groovy
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ class Builder implements Serializable {
             RELEASE: release,
             WEEKLY: isWeekly,
             PUBLISH_NAME: publishName,
+            OPENJCEPLUS_BRANCH: openjceplusBranch,
             ADOPT_BUILD_NUMBER: adoptBuildNumber,
             ENABLE_REPRODUCIBLE_COMPARE: enableReproducibleCompare,
             ENABLE_TESTS: enableTests,
@@ -1268,6 +1269,7 @@ return {
     String aqaReference,
     String aqaAutoGen,
     String overridePublishName,
+    String overrideOpenJCEPlusBranch,
     String useAdoptShellScripts,
     String additionalConfigureArgs,
     def scmVars,
@@ -1308,6 +1310,11 @@ return {
         }
     }
 
+    String openjceplusBranch = ''
+    if (overrideOpenJCEPlusBranch) {
+        openjceplusBranch = overrideOpenJCEPlusBranch
+    }
+
     def buildsExcludeDocker = [:]
     if (dockerExcludes != '' && dockerExcludes != null) {
         buildsExcludeDocker = new JsonSlurper().parseText(dockerExcludes) as Map
diff --git a/pipelines/build/common/config_regeneration.groovy b/pipelines/build/common/config_regeneration.groovy
index 40b841368..910eb1e87 100644
--- a/pipelines/build/common/config_regeneration.groovy
+++ b/pipelines/build/common/config_regeneration.groovy
@@ -487,6 +487,7 @@ class Regeneration implements Serializable {
                 RELEASE: false,
                 WEEKLY: false,
                 PUBLISH_NAME: '',
+                OPENJCEPLUS_BRANCH: '',
                 ADOPT_BUILD_NUMBER: '',
                 ENABLE_REPRODUCIBLE_COMPARE: enableReproducibleCompare,
                 ENABLE_TESTS: DEFAULTS_JSON['testDetails']['enableTests'] as Boolean,
diff --git a/pipelines/build/common/create_job_from_template.groovy b/pipelines/build/common/create_job_from_template.groovy
index acec93ba1..ed16bbdbb 100644
--- a/pipelines/build/common/create_job_from_template.groovy
+++ b/pipelines/build/common/create_job_from_template.groovy
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ pipelineJob("$buildFolder/$JOB_NAME") {
                 <dt><strong>USE_ADOPT_SHELL_SCRIPTS</strong></dt><dd>Use Adopt's make-adopt-build-farm.sh and other bash scripts</dd>
                 <dt><strong>RELEASE</strong></dt><dd>Is this build a release</dd>
                 <dt><strong>PUBLISH_NAME</strong></dt><dd>Set name of publish</dd>
+                <dt><strong>OPENJCEPLUS_BRANCH</strong></dt><dd>Explicitly set name of the OpenJCEPlus branch to checkout</dd>
                 <dt><strong>ADOPT_BUILD_NUMBER</strong></dt><dd>Adopt build number</dd>
                 <dt><strong>ENABLE_REPRODUCIBLE_COMPARE</strong></dt><dd>Run reproducible compare build</dd>
                 <dt><strong>ENABLE_TESTS</strong></dt><dd>Run tests</dd>
diff --git a/pipelines/build/common/openjdk_build_pipeline.groovy b/pipelines/build/common/openjdk_build_pipeline.groovy
index 0377b7921..59d29bf84 100644
--- a/pipelines/build/common/openjdk_build_pipeline.groovy
+++ b/pipelines/build/common/openjdk_build_pipeline.groovy
@@ -2052,7 +2052,17 @@ class Build {
                                     }
                                     def javaVersion = getJavaVersionNumber()
                                     if (!DEFAULTS_JSON['exclude-openjceplus'].contains(javaVersion)) {
-                                        openjceplusBuildArgs += '--bundle-openjceplus'
+                                        def openjceplusBranch = "semeru-java" + javaVersion.toString()
+                                        if (buildConfig.RELEASE) {
+                                            try {
+                                                def branchSuffix = (buildConfig.PUBLISH_NAME =~ /jdk-([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+){0,3})\+.*/)[ 0 ][ 1 ]
+                                                openjceplusBranch = "semeru-java-" + branchSuffix
+                                            } catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
+                                                context.println "WARNING: OpenJCEPlus Branch cannot be determined based on PUBLISH_NAME. Using default branch: ${openjceplusBranch}"
+                                            }
+                                        }
+                                        context.println "OpenJCEPlus Branch: $openjceplusBranch"
+                                        openjceplusBuildArgs += "--bundle-openjceplus --openjceplus-branch ${openjceplusBranch}"
                                     }
 
                                     context.withEnv(['BUILD_ARGS=' + openjceplusBuildArgs]) {
diff --git a/pipelines/build/common/trigger_beta_build.groovy b/pipelines/build/common/trigger_beta_build.groovy
index a6e6e592e..bd51c7477 100644
--- a/pipelines/build/common/trigger_beta_build.groovy
+++ b/pipelines/build/common/trigger_beta_build.groovy
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ if (triggerMainBuild || triggerEvaluationBuild) {
                             string(name: 'releaseType',             value: "Weekly"),
                             string(name: 'scmReference',            value: "$latestAdoptTag"),
                             string(name: 'overridePublishName',     value: "$publishJobTag"),
+                            string(name: 'overrideOpenJCEPlusBranch', value: "$openjceplusBranch"),
                             booleanParam(name: 'aqaAutoGen',        value: true),
                             booleanParam(name: 'enableTests',       value: enableTesting),
                             string(name: 'additionalConfigureArgs', value: "$additionalConfigureArgs")
diff --git a/pipelines/build/openjdk_pipeline.groovy b/pipelines/build/openjdk_pipeline.groovy
index 04674f462..0ec470670 100644
--- a/pipelines/build/openjdk_pipeline.groovy
+++ b/pipelines/build/openjdk_pipeline.groovy
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ if (scmVars != null || configureBuild != null || buildConfigurations != null) {
             aqaReference,
             aqaAutoGen,
             overridePublishName,
+            overrideOpenJCEPlusBranch,
             useAdoptBashScripts,
             additionalConfigureArgs,
             scmVars,
diff --git a/pipelines/jobs/pipeline_job_template.groovy b/pipelines/jobs/pipeline_job_template.groovy
index 9f6f5ddd9..de1d6615e 100644
--- a/pipelines/jobs/pipeline_job_template.groovy
+++ b/pipelines/jobs/pipeline_job_template.groovy
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ pipelineJob("${BUILD_FOLDER}/${JOB_NAME}") {
         stringParam('buildConfigFilePath', '', "Relative path to where the jdkxx_pipeline_config.groovy file is located. It contains the build configurations for each platform, architecture and variant.<br>Default: <code>${defaultsJson['configDirectories']['build']}/jdkxx_pipeline_config.groovy</code>")
         choiceParam('releaseType', [jobReleaseType, 'Nightly', 'Nightly Without Publish', 'Weekly', 'Weekly Without Publish', 'Release'].unique(), 'Nightly - release a standard nightly build.<br/>Nightly Without Publish - run a nightly but do not publish.<br/>Weekly - release a standard weekly build, run with extended tests.<br/>Weekly Without Publish - run a weekly but do not publish.<br/>Release - this is a release, this will need to be manually promoted.')
         stringParam('overridePublishName', '', '<strong>REQUIRED for OpenJ9</strong>: Name that determines the publish name (and is used by the meta-data file), defaults to scmReference(minus _adopt if present).<br/>Nightly builds: Leave blank (defaults to a date_time stamp).<br/>OpenJ9 Release build Java 8 example <code>jdk8u192-b12_openj9-0.12.1</code> and for OpenJ9 Java 11 example <code>jdk-11.0.2+9_openj9-0.12.1</code>.')
+        stringParam('overrideOpenJCEPlusBranch', '', '<strong>Optional for OpenJ9</strong>: Ovveride the naming convention of the OpenJCEPlus Branch to checkout, defaults to semeru-java<major version> for non-releases and semeru-java-<openjdk version> for releases.<br/>Nightly builds: Leave blank (defaults to a date_time stamp).<br/>OpenJ9 Release build Java 8 example <code>jdk8u192-b12_openj9-0.12.1</code> and for OpenJ9 Java 11 example <code>jdk-11.0.2+9_openj9-0.12.1</code>.')
         stringParam('scmReference', '', 'Tag name or Branch name from which openjdk source code repo to build. Nightly builds: Defaults to, Hotspot=dev, OpenJ9=openj9, others=master.</br>Release builds: For hotspot JDK8 this would be the OpenJDK tag, for hotspot JDK11+ this would be the Adopt merge tag for the desired OpenJDK tag eg.jdk-11.0.4+10_adopt, and for OpenJ9 this will be the release branch, eg.openj9-0.14.0.')
         stringParam('buildReference', '', 'SHA1 or Tag name or Branch name of temurin-build repo. Defaults to master')
         stringParam('ciReference', '', 'SHA1 or Tag name or Branch name of ci-jenkins-pipeline repo. Defaults to master')
diff --git a/pipelines/jobs/release_pipeline_job_template.groovy b/pipelines/jobs/release_pipeline_job_template.groovy
index fe0450e1d..b717c0641 100644
--- a/pipelines/jobs/release_pipeline_job_template.groovy
+++ b/pipelines/jobs/release_pipeline_job_template.groovy
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ pipelineJob("${BUILD_FOLDER}/${JOB_NAME}") {
         stringParam('helperReference', releaseTag, 'Tag name or Branch name of jenkins-helper repo. Defaults to master')
         stringParam('aqaReference', aqaTag, 'Tag name or Branch name of aqa-tests. Defaults to master')
         stringParam('overridePublishName', '', 'Specify a different scmReference tag when doing the actual Publish, eg.for OpenJ9')
+        stringParam('overrideOpenJCEPlusBranch', '', 'Specify a different OpenJCEPlus Branch name')
         stringParam('additionalConfigureArgs', '', "Additional arguments that will be ultimately passed to OpenJDK's <code>./configure</code>. jdk8 might have a different one!")
 
         // default value not matter for release
diff --git a/pipelines/library/src/common/IndividualBuildConfig.groovy b/pipelines/library/src/common/IndividualBuildConfig.groovy
index e30027752..aed52d015 100644
--- a/pipelines/library/src/common/IndividualBuildConfig.groovy
+++ b/pipelines/library/src/common/IndividualBuildConfig.groovy
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ class IndividualBuildConfig implements Serializable {
     final String JDK_BOOT_VERSION
     final boolean RELEASE
     final String PUBLISH_NAME
+    final String OPENJCEPLUS_BRANCH
     final String ADOPT_BUILD_NUMBER
     final boolean ENABLE_TESTS
     final boolean ENABLE_TESTDYNAMICPARALLEL
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ class IndividualBuildConfig implements Serializable {
         JDK_BOOT_VERSION = map.get("JDK_BOOT_VERSION") != null ? map.get("JDK_BOOT_VERSION").trim() : null
         RELEASE = map.get("RELEASE")
         PUBLISH_NAME = map.get("PUBLISH_NAME") != null ? map.get("PUBLISH_NAME").trim() : null
+        OPENJCEPLUS_BRANCH = map.get("OPENJCEPLUS_BRANCH") != null ? map.get("OPENJCEPLUS_BRANCH").trim() : null
         ADOPT_BUILD_NUMBER = map.get("ADOPT_BUILD_NUMBER") != null ? map.get("ADOPT_BUILD_NUMBER").trim() : null
         ENABLE_TESTS = map.get("ENABLE_TESTS")
         ENABLE_TESTDYNAMICPARALLEL = map.get("ENABLE_TESTDYNAMICPARALLEL")
@@ -154,6 +156,7 @@ class IndividualBuildConfig implements Serializable {
                 JDK_BOOT_VERSION          : JDK_BOOT_VERSION,
                 RELEASE                   : RELEASE,
                 PUBLISH_NAME              : PUBLISH_NAME,
+                OPENJCEPLUS_BRANCH        : OPENJCEPLUS_BRANCH,
                 ADOPT_BUILD_NUMBER        : ADOPT_BUILD_NUMBER,
                 ENABLE_TESTS              : ENABLE_TESTS,
                 ENABLE_TESTDYNAMICPARALLEL: ENABLE_TESTDYNAMICPARALLEL,
diff --git a/pipelines/src/test/groovy/IndividualBuildConfigTest.groovy b/pipelines/src/test/groovy/IndividualBuildConfigTest.groovy
index 14c43c1b3..e5ad76191 100644
--- a/pipelines/src/test/groovy/IndividualBuildConfigTest.groovy
+++ b/pipelines/src/test/groovy/IndividualBuildConfigTest.groovy
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ class IndividualBuildConfigTest {
                 RELEASE                    : false,
                 WEEKLY                     : false,
                 PUBLISH_NAME               : 'm',
+                OPENJCEPLUS_BRANCH         : 'aa',
                 ADOPT_BUILD_NUMBER         : 'n',
                 ENABLE_TESTS               : true,
                 ENABLE_INSTALLERS          : true,