diff --git a/archiva-jetty-js/pom.xml b/archiva-jetty-js/pom.xml
index 5388bb769..e20c723ca 100644
--- a/archiva-jetty-js/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-jetty-js/pom.xml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <!-- This is filtered into the scripts, so should be set to Apache Archiva -->
   <name>Apache Archiva Javascript</name>
+
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0a323d506..0888b7bbb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
     <httpclient.version>4.2.1</httpclient.version>
     <httpclient.core.version>4.2.2</httpclient.core.version>
     <javaxMailVersion>1.4</javaxMailVersion>
-    <jettyVersion>7.4.5.v20110725</jettyVersion>
+    <jettyVersion>8.1.7.v20120910</jettyVersion>
     <jacksonVersion>1.9.9</jacksonVersion>
     <!-- restore when we will be able to use a derby in memory database -->
     <redbackTestJdbcUrl>jdbc:derby:memory:users-test;create=true</redbackTestJdbcUrl>