diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-applet/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-applet/pom.xml
index 83fc059f3..738740b14 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-applet/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-applet/pom.xml
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1</version>
+        <artifactId>maven-jarsigner-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.2</version>
         <configuration>
           <keystore>${basedir}/target/keystore</keystore>
           <alias>mykey</alias>