diff --git a/akka-samples/akka-sample-osgi-dining-hakkers/pom.xml b/akka-samples/akka-sample-osgi-dining-hakkers/pom.xml
index e3468c83ec..3299775a9f 100644
--- a/akka-samples/akka-sample-osgi-dining-hakkers/pom.xml
+++ b/akka-samples/akka-sample-osgi-dining-hakkers/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
         <scala.dep.version>2.10</scala.dep.version>
         <scalatest.version>2.0</scalatest.version>
         <typesafe.config.version>1.2.0</typesafe.config.version>
-        <leveldb.version>0.5</leveldb.version>
+        <leveldb.version>0.7</leveldb.version>
         <leveldbjni.version>1.7</leveldbjni.version>
         <uncommons-maths.version>1.2.2</uncommons-maths.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/project/AkkaBuild.scala b/project/AkkaBuild.scala
index c75ab5322f..ba878b072e 100644
--- a/project/AkkaBuild.scala
+++ b/project/AkkaBuild.scala
@@ -1100,7 +1100,7 @@ object Dependencies {
     val osgiCore      = "org.osgi"                    % "org.osgi.core"                % "4.3.1"       // ApacheV2
     val osgiCompendium= "org.osgi"                    % "org.osgi.compendium"          % "4.3.1"       // ApacheV2
     // mirrored in OSGi sample
-    val levelDB       = "org.iq80.leveldb"            % "leveldb"                      % "0.5"         // ApacheV2
+    val levelDB       = "org.iq80.leveldb"            % "leveldb"                      % "0.7"         // ApacheV2
     // mirrored in OSGi sample
     val levelDBNative = "org.fusesource.leveldbjni"   % "leveldbjni-all"               % "1.7"         // New BSD