diff --git a/biz.aQute.bndlib/src/aQute/bnd/build/model/EE.java b/biz.aQute.bndlib/src/aQute/bnd/build/model/EE.java
index 2b6a3dc8d08..8634377075b 100644
--- a/biz.aQute.bndlib/src/aQute/bnd/build/model/EE.java
+++ b/biz.aQute.bndlib/src/aQute/bnd/build/model/EE.java
@@ -145,6 +145,17 @@ public Version getCapabilityVersion() {
 		return capabilityVersion;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @return the java release number for this EE
+	 */
+	public int getRelease() {
+		int major = getCapabilityVersion().getMajor();
+		if (major > 8) {
+			return major;
+		}
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	public static Optional<EE> highestFromTargetVersion(String targetVersion) {
 		Version version = Optional.of(targetVersion)
 			.map(Analyzer::cleanupVersion)
diff --git a/biz.aQute.bndlib/src/aQute/bnd/build/model/package-info.java b/biz.aQute.bndlib/src/aQute/bnd/build/model/package-info.java
index 9bbcb86f9ae..14c0b975dd1 100644
--- a/biz.aQute.bndlib/src/aQute/bnd/build/model/package-info.java
+++ b/biz.aQute.bndlib/src/aQute/bnd/build/model/package-info.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@Version("4.1.0")
+@Version("4.2.0")
 package aQute.bnd.build.model;
 
 import org.osgi.annotation.versioning.Version;