diff --git a/archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 5d36e091..0666e275 100644
--- a/archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
       <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
       <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
       <gQueryVersion>1.5-SNAPSHOT</gQueryVersion>
-      <gwtversion>2.8.1</gwtversion>
-      <gwtmaven>2.8.1</gwtmaven>
+      <gwtversion>2.9.0</gwtversion>
+      <gwtmaven>2.9.0/gwtmaven>
     </properties>
 
     <repositories>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 76b0eb2a..58cae447 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -163,8 +163,8 @@
     </repositories>
 
     <properties>
-        <gwtversion>2.8.1</gwtversion>
-        <gwtmaven>2.8.1</gwtmaven>
+        <gwtversion>2.9.0</gwtversion>
+        <gwtmaven>2.9.0</gwtmaven>
         <gqueryclassifier />
         <gwt.loglevel>INFO</gwt.loglevel>
         <gwt.outputstyle>OBF</gwt.outputstyle>