diff --git a/testing-modules/gatling/pom.xml b/testing-modules/gatling/pom.xml
index 1e134ad1a3..8d4c89ec62 100644
--- a/testing-modules/gatling/pom.xml
+++ b/testing-modules/gatling/pom.xml
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
 	<artifactId>gatling</artifactId>
 	<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
-	<parent>
-		<groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
-		<artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
-		<version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-		<relativePath>../../</relativePath>
-	</parent>
-
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../../</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+    
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>io.gatling.highcharts</groupId>
@@ -76,21 +76,24 @@
 			<id>simulation</id>
 			<build>
 				<plugins>
-					<plugin>
-						<groupId>io.gatling</groupId>
-						<artifactId>gatling-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-						<version>${gatling-maven-plugin.version}</version>
-						<executions>
-							<execution>
-								<phase>test</phase>
-								<goals>
-									<goal>execute</goal>
-								</goals>
-							</execution>
-						</executions>
-					</plugin>
-				</plugins>
-			</build>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>io.gatling</groupId>
+				<artifactId>gatling-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>${gatling-maven-plugin.version}</version>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<phase>test</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>execute</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+  							<disableCompiler>true</disableCompiler>
+						</configuration>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
 		</profile>
 	</profiles>
 
@@ -123,10 +126,10 @@
 		<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
 		<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
 		<encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
-		<scala.version>2.11.12</scala.version> <!--2.11.12 --> <!--2.12.6 -->
-		<gatling.version>2.2.5</gatling.version> <!--2.2.5 --> <!--2.3.1 -->
+		<scala.version>2.12.6</scala.version> <!--2.11.12 --> <!--2.12.6 -->
+		<gatling.version>2.3.1</gatling.version> <!--2.2.5 --> <!--2.3.1 -->
 		<scala-maven-plugin.version>3.2.2</scala-maven-plugin.version> <!--3.2.2 --> <!--3.3.2 -->
-		<gatling-maven-plugin.version>2.2.1</gatling-maven-plugin.version> <!--2.2.1 --> <!--2.2.4 -->
+		<gatling-maven-plugin.version>2.2.4</gatling-maven-plugin.version> <!--2.2.1 --> <!--2.2.4 -->
 	</properties>
 
 </project>