diff a/src/hotspot/share/prims/jvmtiManageCapabilities.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/prims/jvmtiManageCapabilities.hpp
--- a/src/hotspot/share/prims/jvmtiManageCapabilities.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/prims/jvmtiManageCapabilities.hpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2003, 2023, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2003, 2026, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
  * published by the Free Software Foundation.
@@ -49,10 +49,13 @@
   static jvmtiCapabilities acquired_capabilities;
 
   // counter for the agents possess can_support_virtual_threads capability
   static int _can_support_virtual_threads_count;
 
+  // counter for the agents possess can_support_value_objects capability
+  static int _can_support_value_objects_count;
+
   // lock to access the class data
   static Mutex* _capabilities_lock;
 
   // lock, unless called from a detached thread (e.g. can be a call from Agent_OnLoad)
   class CapabilitiesMutexLocker: public ConditionalMutexLocker {