diff --git a/aws/s3/samples/googleappengine/pom.xml b/aws/s3/samples/googleappengine/pom.xml
index 5d6d56a7f7..7f6bfe7300 100644
--- a/aws/s3/samples/googleappengine/pom.xml
+++ b/aws/s3/samples/googleappengine/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 			note you must set the property ${appengine.home} to a valid
 			extraction of appengine-java-sdk
 		-->
-		<appengine.home>/Users/adriancole/Desktop/appengine-java-sdk-1.2.1</appengine.home>
+		<appengine.home>/Users/adriancole/Desktop/appengine-java-sdk-1.2.5</appengine.home>
 		<appengine.applicationid>jclouds-s3-example</appengine.applicationid>
 		<devappserver.address>localhost</devappserver.address>
 		<devappserver.port>8088</devappserver.port>
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.google.appengine</groupId>
 			<artifactId>appengine-tools-api</artifactId>
-			<version>1.2.1</version>
+			<version>1.2.5</version>
 			<scope>system</scope>
 			<systemPath>${appengine.home}/lib/appengine-tools-api.jar</systemPath>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/extensions/gae/pom.xml b/extensions/gae/pom.xml
index b581db3300..6e6a1c29b5 100644
--- a/extensions/gae/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/gae/pom.xml
@@ -49,18 +49,18 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.appengine</groupId>
             <artifactId>appengine-api</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.1</version>
+            <version>1.2.5</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.appengine</groupId>
             <artifactId>appengine-api-stubs</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.1</version>
+            <version>1.2.5</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.appengine</groupId>
             <artifactId>appengine-local-runtime</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.1</version>
+            <version>1.2.5</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>