diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 96ecef27a1..9d787530cf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
   </build>
 
   <properties>
+    <servlet.version>2.5</servlet.version>
     <project.build.javaLevel>1.6</project.build.javaLevel>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
   </properties>