diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools/maven-plugin-tools-java/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-tools/maven-plugin-tools-java/pom.xml
index 2802dc85a2..9cd8880308 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools/maven-plugin-tools-java/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools/maven-plugin-tools-java/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>qdox</groupId>
       <artifactId>qdox</artifactId>
-      <version>1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.5</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>