hive Java cast,Hive: AppClassLoader cannot be cast to URLClassLoader although using JDK8

After installing jdk9 I have been seeing this problem: $hive Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM warning: Ignoring option MaxPermSize; support was removed in 8.0 SLF4J: Class path contains multiple SLF4J bindings. SLF4J: Found binding in [jar:file:/usr/local/Cellar/hive/2.3.1/libexec/lib/log4j-slf4j-impl-2.6.2.jar!/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.class] SLF4J: Found binding in [jar:file:/usr/local/Cellar/hadoop/2.8.1/libexec/share/hadoop/common/lib/slf4j-log4j12-1.7.10.jar!/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.class] SLF4J: See http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#multiple_bindings for an explanation. SLF4J: Actual binding is of type [org.apache.logging.slf4j.Log4jLoggerFactory] Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ClassCastException: java.base/jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader cannot be cast to java.base/java.net.URLClassLoader at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.session.SessionState.(SessionState.java:394) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.session.SessionState.(SessionState.java:370) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliSessionState.(CliSessionState.java:60) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.run(CliDriver.java:708) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.main(CliDriver.java:686) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:564) at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.run(RunJar.java:234) at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.main(RunJar.java:148)

But I have

Updated $PATH to point to java8 $java -version java version "1.8.0_144" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_144-b01) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.144-b01, mixed mode)

Updated hive executable to specify java8 vi $(which hive) #!/bin/bash JAVA_HOME="$(/usr/libexec/java_home --version 1.8)" HIVE_HOME="/usr/local/Cellar/hive/2.3.1/libexec" exec "/usr/local/Cellar/hive/2.3.1/libexec/bin/hive" "$@"

Verified the updated java version does point to jdk8 $/usr/libexec/java_home --version 1.8 /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_144.jdk/Contents/Home

What else should I be looking into here?

This is hive 2.3.1 on macos $hive --version Hive 2.3.1 Git git://jcamachorodriguez-rMBP.local/Users/jcamachorodriguez/src/workspaces/hive/HIVE-apache/hive -r 7590572d9265e15286628013268b2ce785c6aa08 Compiled by jcamachorodriguez on Thu Oct 19 18:37:58 PDT 2017 From source with checksum 03c91029a6103bd91f25a6ff8a01fbcd