diff --git a/examples/async-rest/async-rest-jar/pom.xml b/examples/async-rest/async-rest-jar/pom.xml
index 6156b0c4b42..03f8e5450a5 100644
--- a/examples/async-rest/async-rest-jar/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/async-rest/async-rest-jar/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
       <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
-       <version>3.1-b08</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/examples/async-rest/async-rest-webapp/pom.xml b/examples/async-rest/async-rest-webapp/pom.xml
index fc5523bc861..dfa2a49f8e5 100644
--- a/examples/async-rest/async-rest-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/async-rest/async-rest-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
          <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
-         <version>3.1-b08</version>
          <scope>provided</scope>
        </dependency>
   </dependencies>