diff --git a/akka-rest/src/main/scala/ActorComponentProvider.scala b/akka-rest/src/main/scala/ActorComponentProvider.scala
index 4985bc48de..6e924b16da 100755
--- a/akka-rest/src/main/scala/ActorComponentProvider.scala
+++ b/akka-rest/src/main/scala/ActorComponentProvider.scala
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 package se.scalablesolutions.akka.rest
 
+import com.sun.jersey.core.spi.component.ComponentScope
 import com.sun.jersey.core.spi.component.ioc.IoCFullyManagedComponentProvider
 
 import config.Configurator
@@ -11,6 +12,8 @@ import util.Logging
 
 class ActorComponentProvider(val clazz: Class[_], val configurators: List[Configurator])
     extends IoCFullyManagedComponentProvider with Logging {
+   
+  override def getScope = ComponentScope.Singleton
 
   override def getInstance: AnyRef = {
     val instances = for {
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2ff2ad0ac5..141dd3a9b4 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.encoding>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</maven.compiler.encoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <atmosphere.version>0.5-SNAPSHOT</atmosphere.version>
-    <jersey.version>1.1.4</jersey.version>
+    <jersey.version>1.1.5-ea-SNAPSHOT</jersey.version>
     <grizzly.version>1.9.18-i</grizzly.version>
   </properties>