diff --git a/project/build/AkkaProject.scala b/project/build/AkkaProject.scala
index 8a93603b0d..b3cb6dba6b 100644
--- a/project/build/AkkaProject.scala
+++ b/project/build/AkkaProject.scala
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class AkkaParentProject(info: ProjectInfo) extends DefaultProject(info) {
   lazy val JERSEY_VERSION        = "1.3"
   lazy val MULTIVERSE_VERSION    = "0.6.2"
   lazy val SCALATEST_VERSION     = "1.4-SNAPSHOT"
-  lazy val JETTY_VERSION         = "7.2.2.v20101205"
+  lazy val JETTY_VERSION         = "7.4.0.v20110414"
   lazy val JAVAX_SERVLET_VERSION = "3.0"
   lazy val SLF4J_VERSION         = "1.6.0"