diff --git a/science/cdk/Makefile b/science/cdk/Makefile
index c001ac1340fe..ce871723ee72 100644
--- a/science/cdk/Makefile
+++ b/science/cdk/Makefile
@@ -1,52 +1,54 @@
 PORTNAME=	cdk
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	cdk-
-DISTVERSION=	2.3
+DISTVERSION=	2.7.1
 CATEGORIES=	science java
 PKGNAMESUFFIX=	-chemistry
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Chemistry Development Kit
 
 LICENSE=	LGPL21
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	mvn:devel/maven
 
 USE_JAVA=	yes
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 
+JAVA_VERSION=	17 # Java 8 fails on aarch64: Internal Error (assembler_aarch64.hpp:237), pid=68892, tid=0x000000000002b995 guarantee(val < (1U << nbits)) failed: Field too big for insn
+
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 PLIST_FILES=	${JAVAJARDIR}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}.jar
 
 # to rebuild the deps archive:
 #   1. set DEV_UPDATE_MODE=yes
 #   2. make makesum build
 #   3. upload the *-deps archive
 #   4. set DEV_UPDATE_MODE=no
 #   5. make clean makesum
 
 DEV_UPDATE_MODE=	no
 
 .if (${DEV_UPDATE_MODE} == "yes")
 post-build:
 	@cd ${WRKDIR} && ${TAR} czf ${DISTDIR}/${PORTNAME}-${DISTVERSION}-deps${EXTRACT_SUFX} .m2
 	@${ECHO} "(!!!) Please upload the deps archive: ${DISTDIR}/${PORTNAME}-${DISTVERSION}-deps${EXTRACT_SUFX}"
 .else
 MASTER_SITES+=	LOCAL/yuri/:deps
 DISTFILES+=	${PORTNAME}-${DISTVERSION}-deps${EXTRACT_SUFX}:deps
 MVN_ARGS=	--offline
 .endif
 
 do-build:
 	@cd ${WRKSRC} && ${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} \
 		${LOCALBASE}/bin/mvn ${MVN_ARGS} \
-		-fae install \
+		-fae \
 		-Dmaven.test.skip=true \
 		-Duser.home=${WRKDIR} \
 		install
 
 do-install:
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/bundle/target/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}.jar ${STAGEDIR}${JAVAJARDIR}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}.jar
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/science/cdk/distinfo b/science/cdk/distinfo
index 0b8d90bb182f..41ebbda6aba1 100644
--- a/science/cdk/distinfo
+++ b/science/cdk/distinfo
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1578560238
-SHA256 (cdk-2.3-deps.tar.gz) = d3df87bc95d2302f92b60bc1e6fd5172c341aae2f831f263f6508de2f31bcf99
-SIZE (cdk-2.3-deps.tar.gz) = 63038171
-SHA256 (cdk-cdk-cdk-2.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 169772895f6d49c5a66e32da059e1d63f5cd77aa3ffdeed4942dcd76eb8d399d
-SIZE (cdk-cdk-cdk-2.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 26499872
+TIMESTAMP = 1654274712
+SHA256 (cdk-2.7.1-deps.tar.gz) = 14e0bd12dcb6fd9d7eb4c663618f37757d141bd97dc682cff76e383769d3072b
+SIZE (cdk-2.7.1-deps.tar.gz) = 50172048
+SHA256 (cdk-cdk-cdk-2.7.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 21d832002bdb873521bbb4f1d5a52a1f624212bc30629f02956530e4c6c75af5
+SIZE (cdk-cdk-cdk-2.7.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 22453710