diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 657d857..b2c95e3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 	<properties>
 		<!-- Convenience property to set the GWT version -->
-		<gwtVersion>2.9.0</gwtVersion>
+		<gwtVersion>2.8.2</gwtVersion>
 		<distroDirectory>distro</distroDirectory>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>